Where are the female leaders in New Zealand’s construction industry?
More women than ever are joining New Zealand’s booming construction industry with the number of women in construction doubling to 17 per cent over the last 15 years but this increase hasn’t resulted in more women in leadership roles within the industry.
Find out more about the gender imbalance and ways to address it
Growing your trades workforce: how to attract women to your jobs
Ministry for Women have put together a handbook that provides practical advice to employers on how to attract women, and how to find women for their trade jobs.
Making it work with women: increasing workplace diversity
Want to improve the gender balance in your workplace but don’t know where to start? Ministry for Women have analysed a variety of sectors and put together a short overview of how to make organisations more diverse.
Diversity works: An employer perspective of having female tradies on the team
Glenn Munro from Properly Plastered in Christchurch shares his thoughts on why having women on his team works.
Have you got a sexual harassment policy in place?
Every company, regardless of the gender balance, should have a sexual harassment policy in place. It makes it easier to talk to your team about where the lines are if they have been laid out beforehand.
New Zealand company Automio can create a customised policy for your business right now using their free Sexual Harassment Policy Bot