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Learning Reps Evaluation - NZCTU and Ako Aotearoa |
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An Evaluation of the Learning Representatives Programme, June 2011
Heathrose Research was commissioned to carry out an evaluation of the Learnng Reps programme in a joint initiative by NZ Council of Trade Unions and Ako Aotearoa: The National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence. The research set out to determine the effectiveness of the programme, and to assess its value to the Learning Reps, their co-workers, employers and unions.
Read more and download the report from the NZCTU website. |
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Research into the Productivity Effects of Employment Relations Policies - DoL report |
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Productivity Effects of Employment Relations Policy – Working Time Arrangements, Flexible Work Practices and Productivity, June 2011
Heathrose Research was commissioned to write this report by the Department of Labour (DoL). It contributes to the development by DoL of a framework for exploring how employment relations policy impacts on work organisation and work practices within New Zealand firms, the resulting changes in operational outcomes, and consequent changes in productivity.
Download Productivity Effects of Employment Relations Policy (pdf, 410 kb)
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Flexible Work Arrangements - NACEW report |
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Report to the National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women (NACEW), October 2010
Heathrose Reseach was contracted by NACEW to carry out a literature review from the last five years on flexible work arrangements in a range of countries. It focuses on employee driven arrangements that provide opportunities for enhanced choices for employees that also meet employer's needs.
Download Flexible Work Arrangements Literature Review from the NACEW site (click on the title on left-hand navigation, pdf, 303 kb). |
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What Do We Know About NZ Workplaces? |
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Paper presented to Labour, Employment and Work Conference – Rose Ryan, Heathrose Research Ltd and Ray Markey, Auckland University of Technology, November 2010
This paper considers the limits of our knowledge about the dynamics of New Zealand workplaces. It questions whether the time has come for development of a large-scale survey to provide robust empirical evidence to better inform decision-making by policymakers and practitioners.
Download What Do We Know About NZ Workplaces? (pdf, 582 kb). |
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Improving Workplace Development and Organisational Performance |
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A Report Prepared for Careerforce (Community Services ITO Ltd) – Rose Ryan, Heathrose Research Ltd, October 2009
Examines the implementation of an embedded training model for care and support workers in the health and disability sector in New Zealand. The research looks particularly at the benefits for organisations from having employees learning in the workplace.
Download Improving Workplace Development and Organisational Performance (pdf, 483 kb).
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Retirement Income Issues for Women |
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Stocktake of current knowledge and research by Heathrose Research Ltd, August 2009
Heathrose Research carried out a stocktake of current knowledge and research on retirement income issues for women. This was part of a Retirement Commission review of retirement income policies implemented by Government. The paper explores the range of existing research, examining women’s income at different stages in life and how this might influence their standard of living and retirement income later in life.
Read Retirement Income Issues for Women here (pdf, 356 kb) |
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Women and Part-time Work: a Stocktake of Recent Research |
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A Report to NACEW – Rose Ryan and Maire Dwyer, September 2008
Summarises a stock-take on the status of part-time workers and women’s experience of part-time work commissioned by the National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women (NACEW).
Download Women and Part-time Work (pdf, 565 kb). |
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Work-Life Balance in New Zealand |
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Department of Labour, September 2008
Summarises two reports; an analysis of international research on work-life balance, and key stakeholders’ views of a three-year Government programme of work to improve work-life balance in New Zealand.
Download Work-Life Balance in New Zealand (pdf, 98 kb). |
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Why workplaces matter: The role of workplace practices in economic transformation |
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Department of Labour, September 2007
Examines why workplace practices are the key to increased productivity growth. Argues that the best return on investments in science and innovation and skills development will be had when they are accompanied by changes in workplace practices. It also examines the 'high performance workplace systems' model and considers the need for NZ to make the best use of the existing workforce and to attract international labour to address skills shortages.
Download Why Workplaces Matter (pdf, 889 kb). |
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