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The Employment Strategy

The Employment Strategy. Geoff Bascand Department of Labour 11 October 2001. Establishing the Employment Strategy. A well functioning labour market is critical to social cohesion and economic progress.

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The Employment Strategy

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  1. The Employment Strategy Geoff Bascand Department of Labour 11 October 2001

  2. Establishing the Employment Strategy • A well functioning labour market is critical to social cohesion and economic progress. • The Employment Strategy contributes to three key Government goals & links with other strategies such as ‘Reducing Inequalities’.

  3. Background & Principles of the Employment Strategy • Seeks the development of a broad set of mutually supportive, co-ordinated policies across a number of Ministerial portfolios.

  4. Background & Principles of the Employment Strategy • The Employment Strategy provides a broad framework: • for policy makers to understand about what matters for achieving employment objectives; • within which the Government’s employment priorities can be established & policies can be developed & implemented.

  5. Key Government Goals   Principle Objectives of the Strategy   High Level Strategic Goals   Policies and Programmes

  6. Key Objectives of the Employment Strategy • Minimising disadvantage: to minimise the incidence of persistent disadvantage in the labour market • Maximising potential: to maximise the number of jobs and the level of earnings for all

  7. High Level Strategic Goals • Macroeconomic stability: sustained economic growth and employment growth • Removing barriers to job growth • Flexible, highly skilled workforce • Developing strong communities • Improving Mäori and Pacific participation • Improving participation of people with disabilities and other groups at risk

  8. Human Capabilities Framework Achieving the Strategy’s principle objectives is dependent on policies and programmes that are: • Opportunity creating - maximise employment opportunities through a steady growth in the demand for labour • Capacity building - encourage the development of skills that are valued in the labour market and • Matching - facilitate a well-functioning labour market, minimise barriers to the matching skills and jobs, facilitate participation in the labour market and assist adjustment to changes in circumstances

  9. Monitoring Regime The Strategy is monitored at two levels: • Outcomes - provides a detailed summary of progress in relation to the Employment Strategy goals (every twelve months). • Activities - provides a detailed summary of government activities and initiatives that have contributed to the achievement of the Employment Strategy goals (every six months).

  10. How were Outcome Measures Chosen? • Outcome measures arose from goals • Some relationships strong, eg can directly measure economic growth. • Other outcomes measured by proxy, eg measuring developing strong communities using regional unemployment / employment statistics

  11. How were Outcome Measures Chosen? • Evaluations planned or underway e.g. employment evaluation strategy; community action research • Process of measurement is evolving by encouraging developments in agencies eg Integrated employer-employee data (with SNZ, Treasury etc), MSD’s Social Indicators • Use of robust, well-tested measures that are updated regularly

  12. Strengths of Employment Strategy • The Strategy deals with issues that cross departments and agencies • It has both an operational and policy focus • “Top-down” and “bottom -up” approach: sub-goals developed from underlying objectives. Activities provide focus at an operational level. • Regular monitoring process • Involvement & development of EMPSOG

  13. Employment Senior Officials Group (EMPSOG) Established in 2000 EMPSOG’s objectives are: • Reviewing progress towards the accomplishment of the Employment Strategy • Assessing and identifying any changes in priorities

  14. EMPSOG • Supporting the development of initiatives, through co-ordination with other related initiatives and alignment with strategic objectives • Representatives from DoL, MSD, MED, Careers Services, TPK, Treasury, Skill NZ, MOE, MoRST, MYA, MWA, MPIA & DPMC

  15. Issues • Relationship of Employment Strategy to other Government strategies • Relevance of activities and outcomes to other departments / agencies • Continuing level of inter-agency support and involvement • Ability to improve analysis around the outcomes / activities relationship

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