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Disability Sector Must Have Necessary Funding
Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 9:16 am | PSA
The PSA supports the ‘carers’ strategy’ launched today but says the Government must ensure it resources any extra use of residential services for the disabled that flow from the strategy. More >>
PSA Welcomes Iain Rennie
Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 9:11 am | PSA
PSA MEDIA RELEASE April 28, 2008 For Immediate Use PSA Welcomes Iain Rennie As New State Services Commissioner More >>
PSA Prison Staff Reject Offer
Thursday, 20 March 2008, 1:38 pm | PSA
More than 700 prison staff, who belong to the PSA, have rejected a new collective employment agreement offered by the Corrections Department. More >>
PSA Supports Reporting Serious and Sentinel Events
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 2:31 pm | PSA
The PSA supports today's release of the serious and sentinel events report as it provides information that staff can share to make our world-class public hospitals even better. More >>
Fisheries Officers To Take Industrial Action
Friday, 21 December 2007, 4:26 pm | PSA
Fisheries officers will be taking industrial action over the Christmas/New Year break because the Ministry of Fisheries won't allow them, and other staff at the Ministry, to negotiate their pay. More >>
Obesity Response Won't Help Most At Risk
Wednesday, 28 November 2007, 10:25 am | PSA
Public Health Association (PHA) Director Dr Gay Keating says the Government's response to the Health Select Committee Inquiry into Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes will do little to help those most at risk. More >>
Statistics NZ Jeopardising Key Economic Indicators
Friday, 23 November 2007, 4:41 pm | PSA
Statistics NZ is jeopardising the release of important economic indicators by refusing to let the bulk of its staff negotiate their pay. More >>
Statistics NZ Staff Walking Off The Job
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 1:49 pm | PSA
Staff at Statistics NZ, who belong to the PSA, are walking off the job tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock and will not return to work for the rest of the day. More >>
PSA Pleased With Changes to Electoral Finance Bill
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 9:47 am | PSA
The PSA is pleased with changes made to the Electoral Finance Bill as it makes the funding of political parties more transparent which is good for democracy. More >>
PSA: More Than Words Needed from SSC
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 11:49 am | PSA
"The State Services Commissioner needs to provide public services managers with clear guidelines and training on how they handle possible conflicts of inflicts, like those that arose in the Madeleine Setchell case," says Brenda Pilott, National ... More >>
Concern About Handleing of Conflicts of Interest
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 4:34 pm | PSA
The PSA welcomes the comprehensive reports issued today into the Madeleine Setchell case but remains concerned about the ability of public service managers to handle future cases involving potential conflicts of interest. More >>
Use Statistics NZ Staff Escalate Industrial Action
Sunday, 11 November 2007, 12:43 am | PSA
Field interviewers have stopped sending information on price changes used to compile the Food Price Index (FPI) and the Cost Post Index (CPI). More >>
Statistics NZ Staff Hold More Rallies
Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 9:45 am | PSA
Staff at Statistics NZ are holding further rallies as part of their industrial action for the right to negotiate their pay. More >>
Statistics NZ Staff Step Up Industrial Action
Sunday, 14 October 2007, 12:19 am | PSA
More than 540 staff at Statistics NZ, who belong to the PSA, are stepping up their industrial action. More >>
NZ's Public Service Is Least Corrupt
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 2:35 pm | PSA
The PSA says a survey assessing the integrity of New Zealand's state sector workers confirms their ranking as the least corrupt in the world but does show the need to improve some aspects of workplace behaviour. More >>
PSA Disappointed Over Election Protocols
Saturday, 1 September 2007, 1:35 pm | PSA
The PSA is disappointed that the Waitakere City Council is misrepresenting what occurred today regarding the council amending its election protocols. More >>
Council Drops Threat To Sack Staff
Friday, 31 August 2007, 4:49 pm | PSA
The PSA is pleased that Waitakere City Council has withdrawn a threat to sack staff who get involved in public election meetings in which only one candidate for the Waitakere council is speaking. More >>
Creation of New State Owned Enterprise
Friday, 31 August 2007, 9:44 am | PSA
The PSA says the creation of the new state owned enterprise, AsureQuality, is a positive move for the workforce and for New Zealand. More >>
Improving Pay And Conditions For Support Workers
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 10:19 am | PSA
"If we're serious about improving the lives of disabled New Zealanders, we will improve the pay and working conditions of the community support workers who the disabled rely on to live full and happy lives," says PSA (Public Service Association) ... More >>
No Evidence Super Council Would Make Life Better
Friday, 20 July 2007, 1:57 pm | PSA
The PSA believes that a proposal to replace all of Auckland's local bodies with a single council would be extremely expensive and would not produce the savings or benefits for Auckland's ratepayers, that the plan's proponents are claiming. The ... More >>
