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Health Infrastructure Plan Ushering In Privatisation Of The Health System
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 4:13 pm | PSA
Privatisation will inevitably mean syphoning money off from providing health services for all to pay profits to private corporations. This will result in only those who can pay being able to access adequate health care and other vital services. More >>
Job Losses At Callaghan Innovation Continue To Climb - 64 Redundancies Announced Today
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 2:51 pm | PSA
People with valuable skills are being cast aside, even though their skills are important for the future science system. The Minister has said that the science reforms are not about job losses but you only have to look at Callaghan Innovation to see this ... More >>
Madness To Slash Reserve Bank Budget At A Time Of Economic Challenge
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 2:33 pm | PSA
The bank’s inflation mandate is a key tool for economic management. It fights inflation so the economy can flourish without the damaging impacts of runaway inflation. More >>
Another 338 Health Roles To Go At Te Whatu Ora/Health New Zealand
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 2:35 pm | PSA
In a change proposal released today Health New Zealand says it is looking to reduce its People and Culture services from 1632 roles to 1294 roles a net reduction of 21% or 338 roles, (some of which are vacant). More >>
Strike Action Brewing At Large Home Support Employer
Monday, 14 April 2025, 2:41 pm | Public Service Association
Stop work meetings will be held from 8am to 10am tomorrow, for over 1000 union members. Most earn the minimum wage and some slightly more, but none have received a pay increase for nearly two years. More >>
Worker Involvement Critical In Developing AI For The Good Of Aotearoa - PSA
Monday, 14 April 2025, 11:26 am | PSA
Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi National Secretary Kerry Davies said these figures indicated there was a clear and pressing need for employers to engage with workers and the unions who represent them on using AI in a planned ... More >>
Cuts To Fraud & Audit Jobs Mean Millions Of Health Dollars Overpaid Or Stolen Will Be Lost
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 5:06 pm | PSA
By not detecting overpayments or cracking down on fraud, it means precious health dollars are not being used for their proper purpose of improving outcomes for patients no matter where they are in the health system. More >>
Govt Must Reverse Cuts To Civilian Workforce If Defence Spend Up Is To Be Effective
Monday, 7 April 2025, 4:54 pm | PSA
The Government today announced a $12 billion dollar investment in defence capability over the next four years. But at the same time NZDF is planning to slash 374 roles from the civilian workforce, coming on top of cuts late last year which saw 144 civilian ... More >>
Personal Finance Helpline Advisors To Strike Against Unfair Pay System That Means They Can’t Budget For Themselves
Monday, 7 April 2025, 4:17 pm | PSA
"The irony of a financial wellbeing charity imposing income uncertainty on their workers is shocking," says PSA National Sector Lead, Chris Ollington. More >>
Public Defence Service Cuts Risk Reducing Access To Justice
Monday, 7 April 2025, 7:48 am | PSA
The reduction in appeal cases to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, which are more complex and time consuming than other cases the PDS takes, is part of efforts to try and fund a "significantly higher annual case load" within the existing PDS ... More >>
Hundreds Of Kāinga Ora Jobs Proposed To Go In Latest Govt Attack On Public Housing
Thursday, 3 April 2025, 2:58 pm | PSA
The latest restructuring of Kāinga Ora proposes deep cuts to the jobs of those working with other agencies to place people on waiting lists into houses, and in call centres where staff help tenants resolve issues. More >>
Disappointing Govt Attack On Diversity, Inclusion In Public Service
Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 3:27 pm | PSA
Successive governments have sought to build a workforce that reflects the New Zealand population that it serves so it is better able to deliver effective policies and services. More >>
PSA Litigation Stops Health Restructure Of Three Directorates
Monday, 31 March 2025, 9:22 am | PSA
The PSA filed legal proceedings last month with the Employment Relations Authority because the proposed restructures breached the Code of Good Faith for the public health sector, the Employment Relations Act 2000, collective agreements and Te Mauri ... More >>
1000 Days Since Landmark Pay Equity Deal Expired - Workers Losing $145 A Week
Saturday, 29 March 2025, 5:13 am | PSA
With no new pay equity settlement being agreed, care and support workers have seen their hard-won pay equity settlement eroded by inflation and the failure to maintain relativity above the minimum wage, says Melissa Woolley, an Assistant Secretary with ... More >>
Minister - Hear The Voice Of Health Unions If You Want A Better Health System
Friday, 28 March 2025, 12:17 pm | PSA
We agree with the Minister on one thing - New Zealanders deserve a health system that ensures patients get timely, quality health care, but he’s going about it the wrong way, said National Secretary for the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga ... More >>
Preservation Of New Zealand’s History Threatened By Latest Job Cuts
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 4:49 pm | PSA
"This is another broken promise by the Government who repeatedly told New Zealand there would be no cuts to frontline services." More >>
Cuts Will Ramp Up Pressure On Corrections Staff
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 1:47 pm | PSA
Corrections’ latest change proposal would result in a net reduction of 49 roles in its already stretched People and Capability, said Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons. More >>
Latest Privacy Breach At Health NZ Should Be A Wake-up Call To Reverse IT Cuts
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 12:48 pm | PSA
Health NZ today confirmed an IT security incident in October 2024 that resulted in unauthorised access to some staff information from 2020 to 2024 at Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley, and Wairarapa districts. More >>
Tertiary Education Commission Faces Another Round Of Damaging Cuts
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 5:11 am | PSA
Ordering more cuts when the Government knows costs can only be saved by reducing the TEC workforce shows how little the Government cares about those who help our tertiary education sector function effectively. More >>
PSA Takes Probation Officer Pay Equity Claim To The Employment Relations Authority
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 3:36 pm | PSA
The application to the ERA asks it to decide rates of remuneration for probation officers that are free from gender-based discrimination. The ERA has the power to fix those rates. More >>
