Total 64.3% 92.1% 67.0% 74.9% Table 21: Female participation by age and ethnicity Under 25 yrs 25-44 yrs 45 and over European 65.7% 76.9% 55.6% 63.9% Māori 50.9% 68.5% 61.0% 61.1% Pacific peoples 43.0% 64.3% 52.3% 54.5% Asian/MELAA/ Other 51.4% 71.9% 51.6% 60.8% Total 59.8% 74.5% 54.9% 62.5% Table 22: Male unemployment by age and ethnicity Under 25 yrs 25-44 yrs 45 and over European 13.3% 3.8% 3.2% 5.0% Māori 27.2% 8.9% 9.7% 13.8% Pacific peoples 22.9% 7.6% 10.3% 12.1% Asian/MELAA/ Other 18.2% 5.4% 5.0% 7.7% Total 16.6% 4.7% 4.0% 6.4% Table 23: Female unemployment by age and ethnicity Under 25 yrs 25-44 yrs 45 and over Total European 14.4% 4.4% 2.6% 5.3% Māori 27.7% 10.7% 6.1% 12.9% Pacific peoples 32.7% 13.3% ..S 15.2%
Asian/MELAA Other ..S 12.4% 8.9% 4.8% ..S 7.7% Total 11.0% 8.3% 5.2% 3.1% ..S 6.4% Table 31: Female unemployment rates by educational qualification and ethnicity Ethnicity None School qual Post school (Diploma) Bachelor Not specified Total European 7.9% 7.3% 4.8% 2.4% ..S 5.3% 18.9% 15.1% 11.8% ..S ..S 12.9% Pacific 16.3% 17.0% 16.1% ..S ..S 15.2% Asian/MELAA Other 7.3% 12.3% 11.4% 7.5% ..S 9.4% 10.1% 8.5% 6.6% 3.7% ..S 6.8% Table 32: Total unemployment rates by educational qualification and ethnicity Ethnicity None School qual Post school (Diploma) Bachelor Not specified Total European 8.3% 6.9% 4.4% 2.5% 3.0% 5.1% Māori 21.0% 13.8% 10.2% 4.2% ..S 13.4% Pacific 15.0% 16.4% 13.1% ..S ..S 13.6% Asian/MELAA 6.0% 12.3% 10.0% 6.1% ..S 8.5% Total 10.6% 8.4% 5.8% 3.4% 3.4% 6.6% Employment and pre-employment race-related complaints The five race-related grounds (race, racial harassment, racial disharmony, colour, and ethnic and national origins) are commonly combined in Commission reporting. The combined overall proportion of race-related employment complaints in the five year period 2006–10 was 28.1%. The most commonly themes of race-related complaints are shown in Table 33. 33: Race and employment complaints
Top 20 indicators Indicators Measure Grounds Data Availability 1 Unemployment rates Disaggregated unemployment rates from Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS). Age Sex/Gender Ethnicity Disability Region Sexual Orientation Collected and can be purchased from NZ except for disability data which is collected in the Census disability survey only. Sexual orientation data is not collected by HLFS or Census 2 People on benefits long term (more than a year) Disaggregated long term beneficiary data from WINZ Age Sex/Gender Ethnicity Disability Aggregated data available from MSD data could be requested 3 Adequacy of unemployment benefit Ratio of unemployment benefit to median wage as a percentage N/A Calculated from HLFS and WINZ data 4 rates. Disaggregated data from HLFS Age Sex/Gender Ethnicity Disability Stats NZ except for disability data which is collected in the Census disability survey only
listed companies) Disability data is not currently being collected Gender pay gap Pay gap Sex/Gender Ethnicity Stats NZ data across labour force SSC data across the public service Minimum wage Minimum wage as a percentage of median and mean wage Disaggregated data on minimum wage jobs Sex/Gender Ethnicity Annual Review of minimum wage by Department of Labour Minimum wage exemptions Number of employees receiving minimum wage exemptions Disability On request to Department of Labour Harassment complaints Complaints received by the Rights Commission Age Sex/Gender Ethnicity Disability Sexual orientation Data is recorded and analysed by the HRC Discrimination at work complaints Complaints received by the Human Rights Commission Age Sex/Gender Ethnicity Disability Sexual Orientation Family status Data is recorded and analysed by the HRC