Local Employment Co-ordination
— Opportunities for Action

5. Advising WINZ management and government

What you can achieve :

• Timely and accurate communication of local trends, concerns, issues and initiatives to the WINZ Chief Executive and relevant Ministers.

• Early advice of policy-sensitive information, and effective briefings of local stakeholders regarding government polices.

• Feedback to government on the local effects of their policies.

What you can do :

Develop a research and monitoring strategy on employment issues.

Create and maintain key measurement indicators relating to employment and income issues at the local level.

Enable communities to work together for policy changes to address unmet local needs.

Create a two-way flow of information relating to government employment policies.

Encourage LEC members to contribute to good quality feedback to government —giving well-researched examples of the impacts of policies, and suggesting alternatives.

Next: 6. Researching and debating the future of work and income