Quality Flexible Work consultation

1 December 2006

The Department of Labour wants to hear your views about quality flexible work arrangements. They want to know what you think will best help employees achieve quality flexible work and meet the needs of businesses. 

Quality flexible work is about people having the opportunity to make changes to the hours or times they work and where they work. It is also about how careers are organised, how transitions in and out of work are managed and how flexible work is managed in the workplace so that employees and businesses benefit.

The Department has been asked by the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee of Parliament to consult widely on the mechanisms to deliver flexible working hours. They have also been working with the business sector, unions and workplace leaders to come up with practical ways to introduce and manage flexible work in workplaces. Your views on what works, what doesn’t, the reasons why and what might help will be important to guide their future decisions.

The Department has released a discussion paper outlining the key issues and possible approaches for quality flexible work. They are inviting responses on the paper until 15 December 2006. You can find the paper and details of how to respond on their website  For any questions you can contact Cath Edmondson on 04 915 4692 or cath.edmondson@dol.govt.nz or Deborah Tucker on 04 915 4376 or deborah.tucker@dol.govt.nz