For more information on EEO and diversity initiatives browse through the list of related websites below.

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Age

•  Age Concern New Zealand is dedicated to promoting the quality of life and well-being of older people, advocating positive healthy ageing for people of all ages.
• Age Positive is a UK government site that aims to tackle age discrimination and promote the business benefits of age diversity in the workplace.
•  Elder Family Matters works with people to maximise and prolong their independent living.
• Employers Forum on Age campaigns for real, practical change in issues such as flexible retirement and the age discrimination legislation in the UK.
•  Mature Employment Service offers support to job seekers who live in the Christchurch region
•  Work and Age Trust NZ Inc / Nework Centre is both a location and a gathering of people.  Being a member gives access to the premises and the support of others who work in a  like-minded way.

Business/Employers Organisations

• Employers Forum on Age is an independent network of leading employers who recognise the value of an age diverse workforce.
•  New Zealand Education Institute (NZEI) is the country's largest education union, representing 44,000 primary and early childhood education teachers and school support staff.  It promotes public education and the professional and industrial interests of its members.
•  Business NZ, previously known as The New Zealand Employers Federation and the New Zealand Manufacturers Federation, promotes a competitive growing economy through business success.
•  New Zealand Institute of Management administers national management educational qualifications and undertakes advocacy activities and research.
•  New Zealand Law Society is a professional association which represents all practising lawyers in New Zealand.
• Social Venture Trust is a non-profit network committed to building a just and sustainable world through business.
• The Work Foundation combines leading-edge analysis of the modern workplace with practical business experience.
•  Workplace Productivity aims to improve productivity in New Zealand businesses and has a helpful resource section.
•  Unlimited Worklife offers a guide for business and life in the age of the Internet.

Disability

•  Barrier Free New Zealand Trust facilitates and encourages solutions for the provision of universal access for all people.
•  Catapult Employment Services is based in Christchurch and assists peopele in finding employment in that region. Phone (03) 365 7005, Fax (03) 365 7004 or email: ces.catapult@xtra.co.nz
• EARN is an American-based network of employment service providers and others who have access to qualified job seekers with disabilities.
• Employers Forum on Disability focuses on the issue of disability in the workplace - UK based.
• JobAble - An Australian Government initiative - has a list of helpful factsheets.
•  Mental Health Commission works with the sector to promote better understanding by the public of mental illness, and to eliminate discrimination.
•  Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand aims to deliver knowledge in the area of mental health by providing access to quality information and resources. 
• The Government of Ontario presents extensive resources and information on workplace diversity and creating accessibility for people with disabilities.
• Sign. This UK site promotes deaf wellness and independent lives.
•  Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind is the primary service provider for blind, vision-impaired and deafblind people in New Zealand.
•  WEKA - What everybody keeps asking about disability. This site is for people with disabilities, their families, whanau and caregivers, health professionals and disability information providers.
•  Working Well is a division of the Mental Health Foundation and aims to support employers and managers to create more mentally healthy workplaces in New Zealand.

Diversity Organisations

• American Institute for Managing Diversity is non-profit diversity think tank which aims to advance the field of diversity management.
• Diversity Council Australia, formerly Council for Equal Opportunity in Employment, is a supportive network to help employers manage diversity.
• Diversity Consulting Company creates, facilitates and sells the Diversity Challenge game.There are South African, Australian, American and New Zealand versions of the game. 
•  Diversityworks - shifting paradigms. This site focusses on the motivational speaker Philip Patson.
• Global Diversity Network is a group of leading global diversity players and based in the UK.
•  Te Putahi supports the efforts and aspirations of indigenous people who are associated with the Information Technology and Telecommunications (IT&T) sector.

 Employment Relations

• Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research and Training (ACIRRT) University of Sydney.
• Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business, Australia aims to maximise the ability of unemployed Australians to find work, and to support improved productive performance of enterprises in Australia.
• International Labour Organisation has a section with general overviews of New Zealand labour laws.
•  New Zealand Council of Trade Unions represents working people of New Zealand.
• New South Wales Department of Industrial Relations
• Penn State University Labour Studies and Industrial Relations

Equal Employment Opportunity Organisations

• Diversity Council Australia, formerly Council for Equal Opportunity in Employment, is a supportive network to help employers manage diversity. 
• Equal Employment Opportunity Network of Australasia (EEONA) represents over 400 member organisations across Australia and New Zealand. Its aim is to provide EEO practitioners with an "Australasian" voice on diversity and equality issues.
• Employment Equity and Diversity, New South Wales, Australia aims to achieve fair outcomes for everyone in Public Sector employment and to enhance employment opportunities for identified EEO groups. Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) works with employers to advance women and business in Australia.
• Equal Opportunity Commission, Australia is responsible for eliminating discrimination in Victoria.
• International Labour Organisation has an extensive information base on EEO. One can search a host of government, employer and trade union policies and practices.
• National Equal Opportunities Network (NEON) "promotes leading employment practices to employers, employees, trade unions, human resources personnel, small business and every person in New Zealand interested in decent and fair work."
• New Zealand's Law Society Women's Consultative Group is an independent advisory body to the New Zealand Law Society Board. It provides a forum for discussion on a range of issues that impact on women within the legal profession.

Flexible Working and Teleworking

• Department of Consumer and Employment Protection, Western Australia offers guidelines on how to set up a family room at work, and carer friendly workplaces.
• Department of Labour's work life balance project and research on flexible working options.
• Flexibility at Work is an Australian training and consulting service specialising in change and diversity management.
• Flexibility offers resources for new ways of working.
• Flexibility Works is an Australian site aimed at the retail sector.
•  Telework New Zealand is consultancy that specialises in the creation and maintenance of best-practice telework programmes, policies and strategies
• Working Families provides information for working families and details of the support on employment rights, childcare and flexible working.

Gay and Lesbian

•  Gay Auckland Business Association
•  Rainbow Wellington (previously operating under the name GAP) represents the interests of and organising social activities for lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and related queer groups in the Wellington region.
•  Rainbow Youth - Auckland based organisation that provides support, information, advocacy and education for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Takataapui and Fa'afafine young people.

Gender

• Advancing Women is an innovative electronic mentoring site empowers diversity candidates to advance to the highest level of their capabilities and provides employers with "the best and brightest" candidates.
• Catalyst is the leading research and advisory organization working with businesses and the professions to build inclusive environments and expand opportunities for women at work.
• Centre for Gender Sanity - Transitions That Work is a consulting service for transsexuals, their coworkers, and their employers.
• Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) works with employers to advance women and business in Australia. 
• Office of the Status of Women, Australia
• Transgender at Work provides resources for employers who want to set company employment policies to help their transgendered employees to be at their most productive.
• Women's jobsearch offers career advancement for professional women, with free, anonymous resume posting and job search engine.
• Women directors - This website aims to increase the participation of women on company Boards of Directors by introducing women leaders to businesses seeking directors. 

Government

• Directgov is the UK website with the widest range of government information and services.
• Department of Labour's work life balance project explores the viability of felxible working hours.
•  Employment Relations Service provides basic information on laws relating to the workplace and outlines the main rights and obligations of employers and employees.
•  Mental Health Commission
•  Ministry of Social Development   
•  Ministry of Women's Affairs
•  Ministry of Youth Development
•  Occupational Safety and Health Service (OSH)
•  Privacy Act Information
•  State Services Commission
•  Statistics New Zealand
•  Te Puna, The National Library
•  Te Puni Kokiri
•  The Office of Ethnic Affairs
•  Worksite  is helpful for those considering a career, actively looking for a job, wanting to change vocations, or starting a business.

 Health and Wellness

• A directory of smoking cessation services throughout New Zealand.
• Alcoholics Anonymous 
• Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) focusses on the development and promotion of good practice in the field of the management and development of people. UK-based.
•  FeetBeat is a "virtual" team walking event held annually. Teams of up to eight participants walk across a "virtual" route over eight weeks.
• Health Canada provides national leadership to develop health policy, enforce health regulations, promote disease prevention and enhance healthy living for all Canadians.
• Healthworks is a leader in providing innovative and state of the art health products and services, and consulting advice to Australian companies.
•  Heartbeat Challenge - Auckland based programme developed by the National Heart Foundation and Auckland Regional Public Health Service, encourages workplaces to create supportive healthy environments (mainly manufacturing industry focused). Contact Jenny Bratty on 09 261 1620.
•   LiveSmart developed by the Cancer Society, is all about making simple and small changes that add up to a healthier lifestyle.
•  Ministry of Social Developement -  The Social Report 2005 outlines the health and wellness, economic standard of living, safety, and cultural identity of the nation.
• Narcotics Anonymous
•  National Heart Foundation's Workplace Health Programme
• Overeaters Anonymous
• Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand
•  Sport Auckland offers corporate activities, Active women's group, Green prescription and Push Play programmes.
•  Walking New Zealand for a full list of walking groups throughout New Zealand, benefits of walking and reasonably priced pedometers for organisations.
•  WAVE (Workplaces Against Violence in Employment) is a project managed under the Challenge Violence Trust specialising in helping employers deal with all forms of violence in the workplace.
• The Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA) is a member-based organisation that focuses on health promotions and initiatives in the workplace.

Human Rights Organisations

• European Court of Human Rights
• Human Rights & Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is responsible for human rights education in Australia and can investigate complaints about breaches of human rights and anti-discrimination legislation. Helpful publication section.  
•  Human Rights Commission advocates and promotes respect for, and an understanding and appreciation of, human rights in New Zealand society.
• United Nations and the universal declaration of Human Rights.

Jobseekers and Employment

• Careerjet lets you search is an employment search engine for New Zealand which allows you to search jobs listed on company sites as well as jobsites.
• Career Journal is a US-based site with employment tools, salary benchmarking and resume databases.
• Institute of Employment Studies embraces all aspects of UK public employment policy and HR practice, undertakes research and consultancy.
•  Mature Employment Service
•  The Jobs Letter privides information on jobs, employment, and related education and economic issues.

For specific job sites see our jobseekers section.

Māori language and culture

•  100 essential Māori words 
•  Māori language providers
•  Matariki - information on the Māori New Year
•  NZ Reo resources
•  On-line Māori language lessons
•  Reo Māori interactive website
•  Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori - Māori Language Commission information

Miscellaneous

• Canadian Policy Research Networks
• Social Science Research Network Electronic Paper Collection
• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is a US-based association devoted to human resource management.

Training, Education and Literacy

•  New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) is the country's largest education union, representing 44,000 primary and early childhood education teachers and school support staff.  It promotes public education and the professional and industrial interests of its members.
•  Workbase supports workforce literacy.
•  Worksite covers working in New Zealand including training and education.

Unions and Employee Organisations

• Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)
•  Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS)
•  Association of Staff in Tertiary Education (ASTE)
• Association of University Staff (AUS)
• Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
•  Finsec
•  New Zealand Air Line Pilots Association (NZALPA)
•  New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
•  New Zealand Police Association
•  Post Primary Teachers Association
•  Public Service Association (PSA)
•  Rail and Maritime Transport Union
• Service and Food Workers Union
• Trade Unions Congress (UK)

Work, Life and Family

• Equal Opportunities Commission (UK): Dad's and their babies: leave arrangements in the first year and a report on fathers and work.
•  Early Childhood Education provides advice, support and information about early childhood education and parenting.
•  New Zealand Father and Child Society
•  OSCAR (National Association of Out of School Care and Recreation)
•  Parents Centres New Zealand Inc
•  Department of Labour - The Work-Life Balance Project aims to gather and share information and develop policies promoting work-life balance.
• Alliance of Work/Life Professionals addresses work-life issues through publications, forums and professional development strategies. US-based.
• Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) promotes the identification and understanding of factors affecting marital and family stability in Australia.
• British Columbia Council for Families offers leadership through education, training, advocacy and research for the healthy development of families.
• Carers (Department of Health UK) outlines information for carers about Government services and other sources of help.
• Center for Work and Family at Boston College
• Department of Trade and Industry (UK) - Work and Families: Choice and flexibility
•  La Leche League New Zealand Ltd helps mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education.
• MIT Workplace Center focuses on health care, high tech, and legal services. They collect baseline data on products, services, the size and demographic composition of the workforce, and recent trends.
•  New Zealand Breastfeeding Authority Baby-friendly community initiatives encourage Primary Healthcare Practitioners in the community to adopt practices that promote and support mothers who breastfeed.
• Royal New Zealand Plunket Society's programmes aim to support families with young children by providing appropriate clinical and support programmes, educational activities
• The Sloan Work and Family Research Network is a US group that provides resources to those interested in work-family issues.
•  Women's Health Action Trust for breastfeeding guidelines for New Zealand organisation.

Youth Employment

Department of Labour report on youth labour market outcomes provides an annual update on changes in labour market outcomes for New Zealand youth (those aged 15-24) in the past five years.
Employment Relations Service fact sheet on employing children and young people.
OSH's website for youth provides user-friendly information for young people in employment.

If you know of a site relating to EEO/diversity that is not listed here, please let us know.