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ACC Accident Compensation Corporation
CEP / FTA Closer Economic Partnership / Free Trade Agreement
EEO Equal Employment Opportunities
ERA Employment Relations Act 2000
ERMA Environmental Risk Management Authority
GIF Growth and Innovation Framework
HSNO Hazardous Substances and New Organisms
HSC Higher Salaries Commission
HSE Health and Safety in Employment
ILO International Labour Organisation
NACEW National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women
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Labour
VOTE MINISTER: Minister of Labour
ADMINISTERING DEPARTMENT: Department of Labour
The Minister of Labour is the Responsible Minister for the Department of Labour
P a r t B - S t a t e m e n t o f A p p r o p r i a t i o n s
Summary of Appropriations
Appropriations to be Used By the Department
Administering the Vote For Non-Departmental Transactions
Annual Other Annual Other Total Appropriations
Types of Appropriation $000 $000 $000 $000 $000
Operating Flows
Classes of Outputs to be Supplied 60,499 - 4,038 - 64,537
Benefits and Other Unrequited
Expenses - - - - - Borrowing Expenses - - - - - Other Expenses - - 2,476 3,873 6,349 Capital Flows Capital Contributions 23,499 - - - 23,499 Purchase or Development of Capital Assets - - - - - Repayment of Debt - - - - -
Total Appropriations for 2003/04 83,998 - 6,514 3,873 94,385
Total 2003/04 Main Estimates
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Part B1 - Details of Appropriations
2003/04
Main Estimates Supplementary Estimates Cumulative Vote
Annual Other Annual Other Annual Other
Appropriations $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 Purpose of and Reasons for Change in 2003/04 Appropriations
Departmental Output Classes (Mode B Gross)
Policy Advice - Labour 7,295 - 1,884 - 9,179 - Provision of analysis, research and policy advice on the labour market, contributing
to greater opportunities for all in New Zealand, fair and productive employment relationships and safe and healthy people and workplaces including monitoring and ministerial servicing. The change relates to a forecast change of property rental and funding to establish a workplace productivity working group, a taskforce on pay and employment equity, a public information strategy on the Holidays Act 2003 and a National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women (NACEW) Pay Equity Conference. Other changes are an expenditure transfer for epidemiological studies of timber workers exposed to PCP and dioxins in the workplace to 2004/05 and a change made for the State Sector Superannuation Scheme.
International Services 458 - 56 - 514 - Management of the Government's relationship with the International Labour
Organisation (ILO) and maintaining an overview of the linkages between
international labour related developments and domestic policy issues. The change relates to a fiscally neutral transfer under Growth and Innovation Framework (GIF) funding for interdepartmental travel relating to the Doha Development Round and Closer Economic Partnership / Free Trade Agreement (CEP/FTA) negotiations. A change has also been made for the State Sector Superannuation Scheme. Services to Promote and Support
Fair and Productive Employment Relationships
20,228 - 119 - 20,347 - Providing services to promote and support fair and productive employment
relationships including support services provided to employment relations institutions. The change relates to funding for a public information strategy on the Holidays Act 2003. A change has also been made for the State Sector
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Services to Promote and Support Safe and Healthy People and Workplaces
28,322 - (282) - 28,040 - Provision of services to promote and support safe and healthy people and
workplaces. The changes relate to an expenditure transfer of the final amount for the HSE Amendment Act implementation programme; a fiscally neutral transfer from Vote Labour to Vote Transport to fund the Civil Aviation Authority for administration costs of the HSE Act 1992 in the aviation sector for 2003/04 and beyond; and an expense transfer of transition funds for a review of the energy saving review to 2004/05 and a return of savings to the Crown in 2003/04 due to a delay in the enactment of the Energy Safety Review Bill. A change has also been made for the State Sector Superannuation Scheme.
Services to Promote and Support Environmentally Sound Work Practices
1,935 - 484 - 2,419 - Providing services to promote and support environmentally sound work practices
required by the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 and also covering administration of the Machinery Act 1950. The change relates to a forecast change for revenue from monitoring of permits and a fiscally neutral transfer from Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) to Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) to fund local capacity in hazardous substances compliance and monitoring.
Total Appropriations for Departmental Output Classes (Mode B Gross)
58,238 - 2,261 - 60,499 -
Non-Departmental Output Classes
Employment Relations Education
Contestable Fund 2,000 - 1,060 - 3,060 - Purchase of programmes that promote improved employment relationships and good faith behaviour amongst employers, unions and employees. This change
relates to an expense transfer for the final amount of outstanding 2002/03 contractual commitments on the Fund into 2003/04.
Health and Safety in Employment Levy - Collection Services
978 - - - 978 - Purchase of collection services from the Accident Compensation Corporation
(ACC), to collect the Health and Safety in Employment Levy on behalf of the Department of Labour.
Total Appropriations for
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Part B1 - Details of Appropriations (continued)
2003/04
Main Estimates Supplementary Estimates Cumulative Vote
Annual Other Annual Other Annual Other
Appropriations $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 Purpose of and Reasons for Change in 2003/04 Appropriations
Other Expenses to be Incurred by the Crown
Employment Court Judges' Salaries
and Allowances - 1,400 - (150) - 1,250 As set by the Higher Salaries Commission (HSC) in order to administer and enforce employment-related legislation [section 206 of the Employment Relations
Act 2000 (ERA)]. This change relates to a return of savings to the Crown as the Court has operated one judge below its establishment level.
Employment Relations Authority Members' Salaries and Allowances
- 2,773 - (150) - 2,623 As set by the HSC in order to administer and enforce employment-related
legislation (section 171 of the ERA). This change relates to a return of savings to the Crown as the Court has operated several judges below its establishment level during the early part of the year.
International Labour Organisation 1,400 - - - 1,400 - New Zealand's annual subscription to the ILO.
Joint Equal Employment Opportunities Trust
1,061 - - - 1,061 - In partnership with the private sector to promote Equal Employment Opportunities
(EEO) as a good management practice. New Zealand Industrial Relations
Foundation
15 - - - 15 - To promote better industrial relations through education.
Total Appropriations for Other Expenses to be Incurred by the Crown
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Capital Contributions to the
Department
Capital Investment 6,905 - 16,594 - 23,499 - The change relates mainly to a capital contribution arising from the Memorandum
Account deficit to fund the New Zealand Immigration Service's relocation of their Christchurch office, the refit of their new Henderson branch, and the operating costs associated with the Skilled Immigration Review to limit increases in visitor fees, group visa fees, and working holiday fees to enable fee refunds for General Skills Category applicants who are lapsed; and to cover the shortfall in revenue from lapsing applications. A capital transfer for the final amount of the 2002/03 HSE Amendment Act implementation programme from 2002/03 also occurred.
Total Appropriations for Capital
Contributions to the Department 6,905 - 16,594 - 23,499 -
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P a r t F - C r o w n R e v e n u e a n d R e c e i p t s
Part F1 - Current and Capital Revenue and Receipts
2003/04
Main Estimates Supplementary
Estimates Total Budgeted
$000 $000 $000 Explanation of 2003/04 Crown Revenue
Current Revenue
Non-Tax Revenue
Infringement Notice Fines - 247 247 Fines collected through the implementation of the HSE Amendment Act 2002. This change relates to
new infringement notice fine revenues for 2003/04 and outyears. Employment Court, Employment
Relations Authority and Employment Tribunal Fees
340 (100) 240 Fees and charges as per regulations prescribed under the ERA and the Employment Contracts Act
1991. The change is a forecast decrease reflecting a reduction in fees under the Employment Contracts Act 1991 due to the winding down of the Employment Tribunal.
Health and Safety in Employment Levy
25,569 2,290 27,859 Levy collected to cover costs of administering the HSE Act 1992. This change reflects ACC's revised
projections of the earnings base of employers, the self-employed and shareholder employees in 2003/04.
OSH Fees and Licences 200 (151) 49 Revenue collected from fees and licences pertaining to amusement devices, explosives and dangerous
goods; and from the issuing of certificates of competency for safety supervision. The changes are a forecast reduction for explosives licences, explosives import licenses and dangerous goods license fees due to the end of Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) transitional arrangements and certificates of competence.
Recovery of HSC Costs of Setting Local Authority Members' Remuneration
300 (50) 250 Cost recovery contained in the Local Government Act 2002. This change relates to a forecast change
for recovery of HSC costs.
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Total Current Revenue 26,409 2,236 28,645
Total Crown Revenue and
