INCLUDE   RESPECT   INSPIRE

 

HELPFUL RESOURCES

 

KEEP IT DECENT GUIDELINES

How to Build Safe and Respectful Workplaces


The guidelines were launched by Waihanga Ara Rau and Hanga-Aro-Rau Workforce Development Councils with the goal of supporting all women and other marginalised people in trades to fulfil their potential.




STAND UP, STEP IN

Active Bystander Intervention Guidelines


It takes all of us - bosses, managers, employers, staff, contractors - to create safe, supportive and respectful work environments.


Together we can do better.


This means that if we see or hear something that is not okay, we have the opportunity to do something to change the situation.


It’s called active bystander intervention.

  • How to build safe and respectful workplaces

    “We’re committed to supporting everyone in the trades so that they feel safe and respected at work. Trade Employers asked us for support to identify practical actions they could take to improve workplace culture with regards to bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment and these guidelines are the first of many steps we are taking with them toward addressing this change. I encourage all leaders to determine how they are supporting women in the workplace. Let’s move from talking about diversity to making a difference on the ground. These guidelines are a practical tool to enable leaders in big companies with HR departments down to the ‘Man with a Van’ and his small team, to build safer and more respectful workplaces for all employees.”

    - Philip Aldridge, CE Waihanaga Ara Rau


    “With only 15 per cent of New Zealand’s trades workforce made up of women – and just 2.6 per cent “on the tools”, coupled with a growing national skills shortage, enticing wâhine into trade careers has never been more important. For these women to thrive and grow long-term we must learn to support them better. These guidelines set out a baseline of what is expected from everyone in our industries to make sure we create workplace cultures where everyone is welcome. Industry wide, we are making this commitment to promote inclusion and diversity, observe fair employment practices, and not tolerate discrimination of any kind.”

    - Samantha McNaughton, Deputy CE Hanga-Aro-Rau

  • This is how we do things in the Trades

    They were developed in collaboration with our trade industry and community partners as well as women in trade stakeholder groups, and were supported by the Tertiary Education Commission.


    The guidelines are a key deliverable of the Industry Equity Project 2022.

  • Download your copy of the Guidelines here

    Click on link below for Keep It Decent and Active Bystander Intervention Guidelines:


    https://www.tradecareers.co/guidelines

Sexual Harm/harassment in the Workplace part 1 & 2

NAWIC webinar replays

Guest speaker: Detective Sergeant Jacqui Rodger, facilitated by Jen Tyson.

These two webinars were a year apart, both have great coverage of this big topic.

The content is for everyone who works or intends to work in construction, knowledge is power. You may have never come across this in your workplace, or it may be something that has happened to you. The webinars are factual and informative, and the more we share facts and information like this, the better equipped we all are to make construction a safer sector for all.

Updated resources - Sexual harm/assault in the workplace

  • Support services

Police Advice and Services


  • Sexual Abuse HELP Foundation

support@wellingtonhelp.org.nz

wellingtonhelp.org.nz


  • Safe to talk - Nationwide

24/7 Sexual Harm Helpline:

0800 044 334

Text: 4334

Online chat: safetotalk.nz



Mates in construction NZ

The MATES programme builds and strengthens workplace communities and across the industry – helping our people support and provide an environment that encourages positive wellbeing. The impact of this community-based approach then goes beyond the workplace and into our everyday lives.

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EAP Services

Many employers in the construction industry work with EAP services to provide support to their employees.


If these services are available to you we recommend using them whether you're having difficulty at work or outside of work. They are there to assist. 


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Building Belonging

The Building Belonging campaign includes a new podcast, web series and interactive training modules covering such subjects as recruitment, retention, gender diversity, sexual harassment, becoming a better people manager as well as practical lessons in literacy and numeracy and more.


These resources are a joint initiative by Waihanga Ara Rau and BCITO | Te Pūkenga. They are a response to a request from the construction and infrastructure industry to support employers and business owners through upskilling in leadership, business resilience, and diversity and has been funded by the TEC Covid Recovery Project.


Available for free, the podcast, video and resources are here and at TradeCareers.co, our purpose-built online toolkit and equity directory. 


The Building Belonging podcast series explores why in 2023 Aotearoa's trade industry is still lacking diversity. Join hosts and tradies Genevieve Black and Chris Donnelly as they talk to industry leaders and change-makers to find out how we can create a worksite and sector that is better for everyone.


Hear from Stacey Mendonça  (NAWIC Co-Founder and Past President) in Episode 1 - Work In Progress: what's going on with the lack of diversity in the trades?


BCITO will release a new episode each week over the next month. All episodes available here.


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