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PSA wants redundancy pay for Terralink workers
Tuesday, 23 January 2001, 8:41 am | Public Service Association
The announcement today that the 67 workers previously employed by Terralink will receive the wages and holiday pay owed to them is welcomed by the PSA. But it is concerned the 67 workers and Terralink’s remaining staff face losing the redundancy ... More >>
Extra Leave ‘Entirely Justified’ - PSA
Wednesday, 17 January 2001, 2:39 pm | Public Service Association
The three days extra leave granted to Housing New Zealand staff at Christmas was an entirely justified recognition of the unpaid hours they put in throughout the year to implement the government’s new income-related rents policy the PSA says. More >>
Performance Bonuses Cumbersome And Unsatisfactory
Tuesday, 16 January 2001, 4:29 pm | Public Service Association
Performance bonuses are a ‘common but cumbersome and unsatisfactory part of the mish-mash of pay systems operating in today’s public sector,’ the PSA says. More >>
Attack On CYFS Counter-Productive And Dangerous
Monday, 15 January 2001, 9:39 am | Public Service Association
‘Over-the-top’ criticism of the performance bonuses paid to some Child Youth and Family Services staff was ‘further evidence of the agenda of some people to continue to try and stigmatise and downgrade this essential public service,’ the PSA says. More >>
Case For Improved Social Worker Pay ‘Compelling"
Wednesday, 29 November 2000, 12:48 am | Public Service Association
The case for improving the pay of social workers and front line staff at the Department of Child Youth and Family Services has been thoroughly researched and argued, the PSA national secretary Richard Wagstaff said today. More >>
Pay Central To Public Service Rebuilding – PSA
Wednesday, 22 November 2000, 12:40 am | Public Service Association
Improved pay and conditions must be central to the ‘immediate and urgent’ rebuilding of the public service, says PSA national secretary Richard Wagstaff. More >>
Ability To Deliver The Key – PSA
Monday, 20 November 2000, 12:54 am | Public Service Association
The creation of a standards board for the state sector is a positive and much-needed move, the PSA national secretary Richard Wagstaff says. More >>
Action not undermining needed - PSA
Tuesday, 7 November 2000, 8:58 pm | Public Service Association
The PSA, the union representing workers in Child Youth and Family Services, says action on staffing – both in increased numbers and better training and deployment – is needed to meet the worsening caseload crisis and fears about the Department’s ... More >>
Lasting social worker remedies needed – and quick!
Thursday, 7 September 2000, 1:26 pm | Public Service Association
The dangerously low staffing levels and the resulting unrealistic and unworkable caseloads facing social workers need to be remedied as quickly as possible, the Public Service Association said today. More >>
Probation officer staffing levels critical
Wednesday, 9 August 2000, 7:49 pm | Public Service Association
‘Probation officer staffing levels critical ’ - PSA More probation officers - with reduced work loads and with better training - are needed across New Zealand, the PSA said today. More >>
‘Let’s get on with it, for everyone' - PSA
Tuesday, 1 August 2000, 4:21 pm | Public Service Association
Today’s report back and tabling of the Employment Relations Bill should signal the end of the debate over its content - the country’s largest state sector union, the PSA said today. More >>
PSA – change for the better
Tuesday, 20 June 2000, 4:19 pm | Public Service Association
The PSA said today the Government's response to the findings of the Hunn Review of the Department of Work and Income will go a long way to addressing the issues raised. More >>
PSA welcomes spending on quality public services
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 5:24 pm | Public Service Association
The PSA – New Zealand’s biggest public sector union – today welcomed the budget’s broad emphasis on a rebuilding of a stronger public service. ‘In particular we are pleased with the significant funding improvement for the rebuilding the quality of ... More >>
Partnership in Courts– a good thing getting better
Monday, 29 May 2000, 3:21 pm | Public Service Association
The PSA’s Partnership for Quality approach to industrial relations was today strengthened further with the signing of a renewed ‘protocol’ between the Department for strengthened further Courts and the union. More >>
Redundancy payment in line with contract – PSA
Wednesday, 17 May 2000, 12:32 am | Public Service Association
The PSA – the union representing Airways Corporation technicians – today said payments made to ‘a airways technician was made under legal collective contracts and agreed redundancy provisions.’ More >>
PM welcomes Partnership for Quality approach
Thursday, 4 May 2000, 4:00 pm | Public Service Association
In a media statement issued today the Prime Minister recognised that unions can play an important role in achieving quality public services, and endorsed the Public Services Association's partnership model as a means of achieving this. More >>
PM welcomes Partnership for Quality approach
Thursday, 4 May 2000, 3:56 pm | Public Service Association
In a media statement issued today the Prime Minister recognised that unions can play an important role in achieving quality public services, and endorsed the Public Services Association's partnership model as a means of achieving this. More >>
The way to better jobs and better public services
Tuesday, 2 May 2000, 9:34 am | Public Service Association
THE Government’s formal endorsement of the PSA’s Partnership for Quality approach is simply the beginning of significant change to the way things are done – and delivered – in the public service, PSA secretary Richard Wagstaff said today. State Services ... More >>
Partnership for Quality – the way to better jobs
Monday, 1 May 2000, 5:56 pm | Public Service Association
THE Government’s formal endorsement of the PSA’s Partnership for Quality approach is simply the beginning of significant change to the way things are done – and delivered – in the public service, PSA secretary Richard Wagstaff said today. More >>
Capacity the key to Child Youth and Family review
Friday, 24 March 2000, 12:39 am | Public Service Association
The Government’s move to review the referral and placement of ‘at risk’ children by Child Youth and Family was today welcomed by the PSA, the main public sector union and the representative of the country’s social services workers. More >>
