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    Letter No.59
    5 May, 1997

    Coalition Government Employment Strategy -- the Questions for Consultation

  • ON REGIONAL DELIVERY

    1. What should be the objectives of regional delivery?

    2. What do you believe should be the basis for determining the size, and consequently, the number of regions?

    3. On what basis should funds be allocated in the region?

    4. Should funds be distributed on the basis of the general population; weighted on the relative levels of unemployment; or, to allow Regional Commissioners to bid for funds on the basis of 'outputs' or outcomes they will deliver?

    5. Should there continue to be a set of national functions which are delivered by all regions in the same way? If so, what would these be?

    6. What should be the role of the proposed Regional Employment Committees?

    7. Who should be represented on the regional committees?

  • ON COMMUNITY WORK AND TRAINING

    1. Who should be available to engage in Community Work?

    2. Who should be available to engage in training?

    3. Should Community Work be mandatory? If so, for whom?

    4. Should training be mandatory? If so, for whom?

    5. What types of activity should qualify as Community Work?

    6. What types of training activity should qualify?

    7. What organisations in communities/your community could assist in finding Community Work opportunities?

    8. What organisations in communities/your community could assist in finding training opportunities?

    7. What is the best way, in communities/your community, of ensuring that Community Work does not displace existing or prospective paid work?

  • ON COMMUNITY WAGE

    1. Should Community Wage levels be set higher, lower or about the same as comparable benefit levels?

    2. Should the Community Wage be more like a wage where recipients receive payment for Community Work and Training undertaken?

    3. Should the Community Wage be more like a benefit with adjustments with changes in personal circumstances?

    Send your responses to: The Employment Implementation Steering Group, P.O.Box 1115, Wellington, by 23 May 1997.


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