The UK is experiencing a boom in microbusinesses and self-employment. Today there are 600,000 more microbusinesses (firms with zero to nine employees) in existence than there were when the recession first began in 2008, and 40 percent more than at the turn of the century. Likewise, the number of people working for themselves has increased...

Executive summary: This report provides an outline of the latest employment demand and supply information available on the Canterbury rebuild and wider recovery, in order to inform decision-making and provide an update of the progress on the rebuild. The main findings are: There is strong demand for labour – driven by the needs of the...

This paper measures changes in job vacancies in New Zealand advertised by businesses on the two main internet job boards – SEEK and Trade Me Jobs. In seasonally adjusted terms, that skilled job vacancies fell by 2.0% in February, following a 7.4% increase in January. All job vacancies also decreased down 1.3% from last month...

This paper finds a statistically significant negative association between health status and labour force participation. Abstract: This paper examines the association between health status and participation in the labour force using pooled unit-record data created from the ABS’s five consecutive cross-sectional National Health Surveys. Descriptive analysis of labour force participation, health status and other selected...

This report gives insights into employment trends in New Zealand by industry and region, summarises data on labour supply factors and participation, and presents information on indicators of labour supply and demand matching. Summary This report combines the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s labour market monitoring programme with the latest developments in the labour...