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CTU Makes Strong Case For More, Not Less Investment In Public Services
Friday, 8 March 2024, 9:53 am | Public Service Association
The PSA is urging the Government to heed new analysis by the Council of Trade Unions (CTU) that shows government investment in public services risks falling short of population growth over the next four years . "The failure to invest enough, ... More >>
Border Security At Risk With Plans To Cut Staff At Customs
Friday, 23 February 2024, 11:04 am | Public Service Association
The Government’s plan to encourage workers at Customs to take voluntary redundancy puts at risk the vital work of the agency, facilitating a safe and smooth entry and exit through our border, supporting our exports, and keeping New Zealanders safe ... More >>
Government’s Blunt Approach To Public Service Cuts Laid Bare In Last Productivity Commission Report
Tuesday, 20 February 2024, 11:48 am | Public Service Association
As it embarks on a deep and widespread attack on the public service, the Government should heed warnings in the last Productivity Commission report about the impacts of layoffs on workers and families. The report deals with the impacts of economic ... More >>
Nicola Willis Urged To Heed Sensible Advice Of The Public Service Commission
Thursday, 1 February 2024, 5:26 pm | Public Service Association
The body which oversees our Public Service has advised the Minister for the Public Service not to use blunt instruments to reduce expenditure if it wants to avoid impacting essential public services. In its briefing to the Minister Nicola Willis, the Te ... More >>
Mini-Budget Just Creates More Uncertainty For Public Service Workers
Wednesday, 20 December 2023, 3:01 pm | Public Service Association
Today’s much vaunted mini-Budget provides little clarity for thousands of public service workers who now go into the Christmas break with no further understanding of their futures or how services they provide New Zealanders will be cut. The Government ... More >>
PSA Says Abandoning Tax Principles Retrograde Step
Tuesday, 19 December 2023, 11:21 pm | Public Service Association
Scrapping taxation principles reporting is an attack on transparency and accountability, as well as undermining of the role of the public service in informing the public debate on a crucial issue for the future of New Zealand, says the PSA. The Public ... More >>
Early Christmas Gift For Landlords As Government Looks To Axe Workers
Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 9:34 am | Public Service Association
Deeper and more savage cuts to public services could be on the table following revelations of the ballooning cost of tax cuts for landlords. "The Government has made a clear choice to fund the lifestyles of landlords at the expense of a strong public ... More >>
Services Will Suffer If Statistics NZ Continues With Planned Christmas Job Cuts
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 12:32 pm | Public Service Association
The collection and analysis of statistics to support the needs of businesses, government, Māori and various organisations could be threatened if Statistics NZ proceeds with a significant restructure warns the Public Service Association. Statistics NZ today ... More >>
MFAT Must Reverse Damaging Decision To Remove Te Reo From Ministerial Correspondence
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 11:19 am | Public Service Association
The decision by the Foreign Affairs and Trade to remove te reo from Ministerial correspondence before new Ministers are sworn in risks undermining the important progress the public sector has made in honouring te Tiriti. "We are very disappointed ... More >>
First Ever International Day For Care And Support: Let’s Make Pay Equity Happen
Sunday, 29 October 2023, 2:05 pm | Public Service Association
Today, on the historic first ever International Day for Care and Support, the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi (PSA), E tū, and the New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) are calling for ... More >>
Health Workers Vote To Accept Pay Equity Settlement Achieving Average Pay Increase Of 20% To 16,000 People
Tuesday, 17 October 2023, 10:07 am | Public Service Association
Today the pay equity claim for roughly 16,000 Allied, Public Health, Scientific, and Technical health workers has been settled which will deliver 20% salary increases for most people covered. The Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga ... More >>
Health And Safety Of Workers At Risk With WorkSafe Restructuring Proposal
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 2:17 pm | Public Service Association
Workplaces will be less safe following WorkSafe’s decision to significantly restructure the organisation, says the Public Service Association. WorkSafe today unveiled restructuring plans which, if implemented, would significantly impact the organisation’s workforce, ... More >>
PSA concerned about the size of cuts to public services
Sunday, 10 September 2023, 6:26 pm | Public Service Association
The PSA is concerned about the likely size of the cuts to public services National will have to make to help fund its tax proposal. The likely scale of the cuts was revealed in an analysis of National’s plans to help fund its tax policy, released ... More >>
Peter Hughes A Strong Advocate For Public Services And Public Service Workers
Thursday, 7 September 2023, 6:19 pm | Public Service Association
Public Service Commissioner Peter Hughes is a strong advocate for a strong public service that delivers results for New Zealanders and strengthens democracy, the PSA says. Public Service Commissioner Peter Hughes has today announced he will retire ... More >>
Irresponsible ACT policy threatens independent public service
Sunday, 20 August 2023, 1:48 pm | Public Service Association
The ACT party’s public service policy released today shows it has no concept of why the public service needs to be independent of the whims of Ministers. "ACT wants to turn back the clock more than 100 years and allow our independent public ... More >>
PSA condemns ACT leader’s comment on Ministry for Pacific Peoples
Friday, 18 August 2023, 6:11 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) says the harassment of staff at the Ministry for Pacific Peoples on Thursday morning is alarming and disquieting. The PSA also condemns media comments made by ACT Leader David Seymour about the Ministry. The ... More >>
Commitment To Pay Transparency A Long Overdue Step In The Right Direction
Friday, 11 August 2023, 9:16 am | Public Service Association
The PSA welcomes the Government’s commitment to enforce pay transparency as a step forward to close the gender pay gap. "Mandatory reporting of gender pay gaps for large employers is a cautious step in the right direction towards closing ... More >>
Big Pay Rise For Community-based Social Workers After Winning Pay Equity Extension
Friday, 16 June 2023, 2:08 pm | Public Service Association
Community-based social workers, advocated for by the PSA, will receive a significant pay rise after successfully organising for a pay equity extension that reflects the value of the work they do. More >>
Good News! Rotorua District Council Abandons Plans For Job Cuts
Friday, 9 June 2023, 12:01 pm | Public Service Association
The PSA is celebrating the decision by the Rotorua District Council to pull back on parts of its restructuring plans saving six jobs and valuable services in the process. "We are very pleased the council has listened to our members and the ... More >>
Te Whatu Ora Listens To PSA And Enters Further Consultation On Big Health Restructure
Thursday, 1 June 2023, 11:22 am | Public Service Association
The PSA is pleased Te Whatu Ora has listened to its concerns and is seeking further consultation with unions on a major restructuring as it seeks to remove duplication and centralise services. "This will be a huge relief for workers," said ... More >>