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Welcome to the Equality and Diversity / Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) section of the State Services Commission's website. This site contains a variety of Equality and Diversity documents produced for the New Zealand Public Service in recent years. The selection of documents includes Equality and Diversity: New Zealand Public Service EEO Policy, EEO progress reports , research documents and a variety of practical guidance documents and resources.

See also
* the EEO Trust website, www.eeotrust.org.nz, for further EEO resouces, and
* the NEON equal opportunities network website (www.neon.org.nz) - a joint initiative of the EEO Trust and the Human Rights Commission.


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Equality and Diversity: New Zealand Public Service Equal Employment Opportunities Policy	18/4/2008
Equality and Diversity - the new EEO policy for the Public Service - was launched on 17 April 2008. The Policy is published in full on this page, and also provided HERE as a downloadable single A4 page, ...


Equality and Diversity: Guidance for applying the new Public Service EEO Policy	17/4/2008
State Services Commission, 17 April 2008. ISBN: 978-0-478-30343-8. For printing/downloading, use the PDF file attached above. Related links: 'Equality and Diversity' - the new Policy


Review of EEO Policy to 2010	3/5/2007
Summary of report prepared by the Knowledge Institute Ltd for the State Services Commission in 2006. The full report is available on request from the State Services Commission - tel 04 495 6323.


EEO Scholarships in the Public Service	8/8/2005
State Services Commission, August 2001. This document is now archived on this website. Information on how to access the document is provided here.


Guidance for designing needs based policies and programmes	8/8/2005
State Services Commission, August 2005, ISBN 0-478-24401-0.


EEO Progress Report 2000-2004: The Data Stories	11/7/2005
State Services Commission, June 2005. ISBN 0-478-24494-0. Crown copyright. Use the pdf version above for downloading/printing.


Work-Life Balance: a resource for the State Services	5/4/2005
Prepared by a joint project team from Public Service departments, the Public Service Association and the State Services Commission. State Services Commission, March 2005, ISBN 0-478-24487-8. For printing/downloading, use the FULL COLOUR (pdf) version/s above. Download the ...


EEO Progress in the Public Service - with special focus on Pacific peoples	13/7/2004
State Services Commission, July 2004. ISBN 0-478-24462-2. Crown copyright.


Creating a Positive Work Environment - Respect and Safety in the Public Service Workplace	15/7/2003
State Services Commission, June 2003. ISBN 0-478-24429-0. Crown copyright.


EEO Progress in the Public Service 2003 Report - with special focus on Maori	15/7/2003
State Services Commission, June 2003. ISBN 0-478-24428-2. Crown copyright.


Moving Forward: EEO for People with Disabilities in the Public Service - A Practical Guide	28/11/2002
The purpose of this guide is to give human resources staff, line managers and others with responsibility for staff in Public Service departments practical assistance in improving recruitment, retention and career development of people with disabilities. The strategies and activities ...


The Gender Pay Gap in the New Zealand Public Service	19/7/2002
Working Paper No 15. Author, Michelle Gosse. State Services Commission, July 2002. This paper examines the issue of gender pay gap in the New Zealand Public Service. Using data obtained from the Human Resources Capability Survey, the paper concludes that while on ...


EEO Progress in the Public Service as at 30 June 2001	1/4/2002
State Services Commission, April 2002. ISBN 0-478-24417-7, Crown copyright. This report summarises progress in the development and implementation of EEO across the Public Service, as at 30 June 2001. It is the eleventh report in a series begun in 1991. Previous reports are published ...


Human Resource Guidance: EEO Data in the Public Service	2/12/2001
This document has been removed from the site as its contents have been superseded. Guidance for Public Service departments on how to complete the Human Resource Capability (HRC) survey is available on the Public Sector Intranet (PSI). For guidance on the Public Service Equity and Diversity ...


EEO Outcomes in the Public Service	28/8/2001
Occasional Paper No.24. State Services Commission, August 2001, ISBN 0-478-24406-1, Crown copyright. This paper analyses data on work-related outcomes for three EEO target groups- women, Māori and Pacific peoples for the period to June 2000.


Barriers to Women's Career Progression: A Review of the Literature	28/2/2000
Working Paper No. 6. Author. Sue Loughlin, November 1999. This paper reviews some of the vast amount of available literature on barriers to women's career progression. It identifies three key themes, Human Resource Management (HRM); organisational culture and family issues, ...


Age and Retirement in the Public Service	31/3/1999
Legal and human resource implications of the abolition of compulsory retirement. Joint publication by the State Services Commission and the Human Rights Commission. First published December 1998, reprinted March 1999. ISBN 0-478-08951-1. There is no copyright. Any material can be used from ...


Maori in the Public Service	2/12/1998
State Services Commission, December 1998, ISBN 0-478-08952-X. This EEO report has been produced by the State Services Commission in response to the many requests for an update of the report 'Maori in the Public Service 1993-1996'. The SMOSS /YES State sector staffing reports are the source ...


Managing to be Fair: Human Rights and Public Service Employment	28/5/1998
State Services Commission, May 1998, ISBN 0-478-08937-6. There is no copyright. Please feel free to use or reproduce any material contained in this publication.


Easy Come Easy Go: Access Requirements and the Public Service	30/11/1997
State Services Commission, Novembember 1997. ISBN 0-478-08932-5. ' Easy Come Easy Go: Access Requirements and the Public Service ' is an easy-to-read guide for government departments about their legal EEO responsibilities regarding access to their buildings for people with disabilities. It ...


EEO Policy to 2010: Future Directions of EEO in the New Zealand Public Service	1/11/1997
State Services Commission, November 1997. ISBN 0-478-08930-9, Crown copyright. Following the 2006 review of the EEO Policy to 2010, the new Equality and Diversity Policy was developed and took effect from April 2008. ...


The Emerging Agenda: EEO in the New Zealand Public Service	4/10/1997
State Services Commission, October 1997. The approach to equal employment opportunities (EEO) in the New Zealand Public Service has evolved over time. This document aims to identify and describe the emerging agenda and strategies for the next phase of development of EEO. Its purpose is to ...