New Zealand Department of Labour
New Zealand Department of Labour

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Site of the Department charged with employment related issues in New Zealand. Brief outline of the structure, mission and goals of the Department, including organisational chart. Includes publications, contacts and latest news. Numerous links to other employment and industrial relations related sites including OSH, New Zealand Immigration Service, trade-unions, legislation and accident insurance.

Holding the Balance
Holding the Balance

Author: John E. Martin

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Published: 1996

Total Pages: 486

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This comprehensive history of New Zealand's Department of Labour begins with the early years under the socialism Edward Tregear, when it was among the world's pioneers of such institutions. The book examines government policy in depth in the crucial areas of employment, industrial relations, immigration and workplace conditions through the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries and up to the present day. Contents: 1. Combating the eviles of the "Old World": the 1890s 2. Partisanship to neutrality, 1900-13 3. From wartime to difficult times, 1914-28 4. From Depression to war, 1929-45 5. Revival and modernisation, 1946-67 6. Uncertain directions, 1968-84 7. New directions.