Crown entities serious about 'Good Employer' obligations
1 March 2007
Crown entities are taking their commitment to “Good Employer” principles seriously, according to a recent Human Rights Commission status report.
Crown entities – “The Good Employer” – a status report, shows that ninety percent of Crown entities refer to their “good employer” obligations or at least one of the Seven Employment Elements in their highest level strategic documents. The report was compiled a year after the Crown Entities Act 2004 obliged Crown entities to be ‘good employers’. It measures the inclusion of ‘good employer’ intentions in corporate SOIs and SCIs as well as other high-level documents.
Most Crown entities have also shown interest in extending their knowledge of ‘good employer’ obligations. Over half have taken part in workshops or meetings with the Human Rights Commission to learn more about designing and implementing good employer principles in their SOIs.
The report provides a measure of Crown entities’ awareness of their ‘good employer’ obligations, and their identification of their plans and strategies to be a ‘good employer’. The measurement of these public intentions is one way of ensuring that good employment practice and equal employment opportunities are ‘on the agenda’ and are transparent.
The report also provides some key indicators that Crown entities and their portfolio departments can use in order to measure performance over time.