Immigration New Zealand’s administration of its Accredited Employer Work Visa failed to address exploitation concerns, a review has found.
Grow Tourism has partnered with Rotorua-based Wera Aotearoa Charitable Trust to help deliver high-impact short courses designed to help people into the tourism industry.
The minimum wage is increasing by 2% from $22.70 to $23.15 per hour from 1 April.
Air New Zealand facilitated an estimated $14.6bn in visitor expenditure in the year to June 2023, according to a new analysis.
Filled jobs in accommodation and food services have risen 5.1% in December 2023 compared with the same month the previous year, according to Stats NZ.
While many are enjoying strong summer demand, some problems are getting worse, say operators.
Wage growth in Queenstown Lakes’ accommodation and food services sector was up 7.9% in the 12 months to September 2023, according to a market snapshot report of the region.
RealNZ says its commitment to diversity and inclusion, employee wellbeing and health have been recognised in two awards this month.
Senior managers have left the new Rotorua attraction just months after its opening.
The number of filled jobs in accommodation and food services rose by 5.1% in October 2023, compared with the same month last year, according to Stats NZ.
More than $28m has been committed to tourism’s workstream but ACT plans to stop all govt work on ITPs.
Auckland Airport says it has improved health and safety practices following a serious injury to one of its wildlife rangers.
THL has paid $660,736 for bonus payments to its permanent staff.
Horizon by SkyCity will open to guests on 1 March 2024, with bookings now open for the new 303-room hotel.
The agency has cut a number of tourism roles but it has also created new ones to be filled.
The percentage of filled jobs in the accommodation and food services sector in September has increased 6% on the same month last year, according to Stats NZ.
Businesses from the hospitality and food retail sectors will be among employers take part in a job fair to be held in Picton next week.
After hopes of a last-minute funding reprieve were dashed, the tourism and hospo jobs initiative will close its doors.
Haka Educational Tours has joined 370 businesses as an accredited as a Living Wage Aotearoa New Zealand Employer.
SkyCity Entertainment Group has started recruitment for its 5-star Horizon hotel in Auckland.
The average salary in tourism and hospitality totalled $61,607 in Q3 2023, up 8% from the same time last year, according to data from Trade Me Jobs.
The number of tourism-related filled jobs jumped significantly in August 2023 compared to the same month last year, according to Stats NZ’s latest employment indicators.
Hospitality and tourism job advertisements jumped 20% in August 2023 compared with the previous month, according to SEEK’s latest Employment Report.
The government has added two new aviation-based roles to the Green List, including aircraft maintenance engineer and aviation engineer specialising in avionics, aeronautical and aerospace engineering.
Fullers360 is raising wages for its deckhands and skippers in the second pay increases this year.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has approved Tourism Industry Aotearoa as an employer bargaining party under the Fair Pay Agreement Act.
Employment in the accommodation and food services sector in the June Quarter rose 2.5% compared to the previous, with 3,758 jobs filled, according to Stats NZ.
The National Party has promised a new Great Walk in Canterbury, longer Department of Conservation concessions, and more flexible working visas with faster processing.
Christchurch hospitality and accommodation provider Springs Junction Café and Motor Inn has been fined $36,000 for breaching multiple employment standards during the 2020 Covid pandemic.
A review of the Accredited Employer Work Visa aims to determine whether Immigration New Zealand is administering the scheme appropriately.
Accommodation and food services jobs rose by 12,310 jobs in July 2023, up 8.4% on the same month last year, according to Stats NZ’s latest employment indicators figures.
Auckland Airport is making efforts to attract more women into operations and infrastructure roles.
The median weekly earnings from wages and salaries has jumped 7.1% over the last year, rising to $1,273.
The government is moving ahead with plans to implement a pay gap reporting system for large organisations.
GwT is closing its training and education programmes after failing to secure funding to continue beyond October 2023.
Employment in tourism-related industries tops 275k, comprising nearly 10% of the workforce.
Accommodation and food services led job growth in June 2023, according to Stats NZ.
Tourism Holdings Limited’s chief executive and managing director, Grant Webster, on the value of having an employer brand strategy for the global RV rental and tourism operator.
Operators are being asked to take part in Tourism Industry Aotearoa’s workforce survey to build up a picture of the issues that they face.
The Department of Conservation is streamlining its job application system, enabling candidates to choose their specific areas of interest and availability.
Working holidaymakers from the UK are now able to stay in New Zealand for up to three years, benefiting employers and around 3,000 visa holders in the country.
Employment in the accommodation and food services industry continues to climb with 15,152 jobs filled in May.
After a surge in international visitors in 2022 contributed to visa delays, Immigration New Zealand says it has now improved its visa processing times.
Jucy chief executive and co-founder Dan Alpe on why the campervan and motorhome rental company has been working hard on its employer brand.
Workforce and recruitment firm Hays has declared a skills recession as the impact of worker shortages continue to impact businesses.
The government is adjusting the duration of the Accredited Employer Work Visa from three years to five years from November.
Hospitality New Zealand has applied to become the bargaining agent for hospitality employers, which would see it enter negotiations on an industry pay arrangement under the Fair Pay Agreements Act.
Around 27% of operators surveyed operated at 75% or less capacity over summer compared to pre-Covid 2019.
The hospitality sector has led an increase in the number of filled jobs for the March 2023 quarter, according to Stats NZ.
Border reopenings around the world are helping to ease labour shortages in New Zealand, according to a report.
