Four out of five businesses across Aotearoa New Zealand offered flexible working hours to their employees in 2023, according to data released by Stats NZ today.
| Item | Percentage of businesses |
| Flexible working hours | 81 |
| Option of part-time work | 77 |
| Support for mental health and wellbeing | 53 |
| Support for physical health and wellbeing | 48 |
| Option to work from home | 43 |
| Provisions for parental leave beyond what is required by law | 27 |
| “Provisions for redundancy | 25 |
| illness | |
| or injury beyond what is required by law” |
| Industry | Percentage of businesses |
| Information media & telecommunications | 30 |
| “Professional | 23 |
| scientific | 23 |
| & technical services” | 20 |
| Financial & insurance services | 18 |
| Education & training | 17 |
| Administrative & support services | 15 |
| Wholesale trade | 14 |
| “Transport | 14 |
| postal | 11 |
| & warehousing” | 9 |
| “Rental | 9 |
| hiring | 9 |
| & real estate services” | 8 |
| “Electricity | 8 |
| gas | 8 |
| water | 7 |
| & waste services” | 7 |
| Arts & recreation services | |
| Mining | |
| Accommodation & food services | |
| Manufacturing | |
| “Agriculture | |
| forestry | |
| & fishing” | |
| Retail trade | |
| Construction | |
| Other services | |
| Health care & social assistance |
The industries that were less likely to offer the option of working from home were:
- accommodation and food services (10 percent)
- agriculture, forestry, and fishing (16 percent)
- other services, eg, repair and maintenance (25 percent).
The Business Operations Survey reports on businesses with six or more employees.
Businesses were surveyed from August to November 2023. The survey included questions on business operations, innovation, business practices, and climate change.
/Stats NZ Public Release. View in full here.
