Make information and support available to employers
Action 2: Make information and support available to employers to source, retain, progress and upskill people from our priority communities.
Investigate an effective employer-facing mechanism to promote services, share good practice and help employers navigate existing systems and supports
Focus area: All
Timeframe: Year 1
Provide information that helps employers to source, recruit, progress staff by:
- Making our priority communities visible to employers
- Suggesting inclusive recruitment practices and encourage diverse short lists
- Co-ordinating and promoting existing not-for-profit employment services (and Skills Hubs) to employers
- Sharing good practice stories
- Identifying and promoting business models that maximise efficiency and utilisation of workforce
Focus area: Maximise workforce
Timeframe: Year 1-3
Encourage collaboration between large employers and local Iwi
Focus area: Maximise workforce
Timeframe: Year 1-3
Use sector stakeholder groups (see Action #1) as a way of sharing workforce information and best practice with employers in the priority sectors
Focus area: Maximise workforce
Timeframe: Year 2-3
Provide information that helps employers to develop, upskill and reskill existing staff
Focus area: Skills development
Timeframe: Year 2-3
Explore programmes that could assist SMEs to develop skills in good employment practices
Focus area: Skills development
Timeframe: Year 2-3
Share information about how workplaces can be more inclusive for kaimahi Māori
Focus area: Thriving workplaces
Timeframe: Year 2
Assist employers to create a workplace that fosters worker well-being by:
- Helping build skills and cultural capability to manage and include a diverse workforce
- Providing information about programmes and services (such as Disability Confidence)
- Promoting flexible working arrangements and other measure that meet the needs of priority communities
- Sharing good practice stories and tools
- Advocating the Living Wage as a minimum
Focus area: Thriving workplaces
Timeframe: Year 2-3
Help employers create ‘youth friendly’ workplaces:
- Liaise with the youth caucus
- Identify existing programmes and tools that could be shared
Focus area: Supporting young people
Timeframe: Year 1-3