Latest Employment Statistics

Unemployment rises slightly to 3.8 percent

NZ falls from 2nd in OECD to 4th=

But here's the interesting development; The decrease of 9,000 (0.4 percent) over the quarter was wholly due to falls in female full-time and female part-time employment.

That'll be the effect of Working For Families. Now the kids can have their Ipods and their mums. Doesn't it give you the warm fuzzies.

No? You're worried about productivity? So's Helen but let's face it - the votes are more important.