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ACC Job Cuts Will Mean More Accidents And Injuries
Thursday, 9 May 2024, 1:28 pm | Public Service Association
The PSA is alarmed that ACC is proposing to shed 309 jobs including 29 dedicated injury prevention jobs at a time when the number and cost of injuries is rising. More >>
Banks Urged To Be Flexible When Helping Public Service Workers Facing Financial Stress
Monday, 6 May 2024, 1:00 pm | PSA
The PSA is encouraging banks to be flexible and lenient when dealing with the many public service workers facing financial stress following the unprecedented and rapid layoffs now underway. More >>
Uncertainty Still Clouds Future Of Suicide Prevention Office
Friday, 3 May 2024, 10:58 am | PSA
"If mental health is such a priority, why has the Government failed to provide concrete evidence the Office will keep operating as before?" said Duane Leo National Secretary for the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi. More >>
Government Cuts Put 130 Jobs On The Line At Kāinga Ora, And 40 At HUD
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 6:23 pm | Public Service Association
"The Government needs to release the review immediately as this reckless approach to change risks disjointed decision making and creates more distress and uncertainty for staff," Fitzsimons said. More >>
PSA Challenges The Government To Settle Pay Equity For Care And Support Workers
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 5:06 pm | PSA
PSA National Secretary Kerry Davies says, "If this Government is serious about pay equity, it could start by settling the long-standing pay equity claim for our 65,000 lowest paid frontline care and support workers. We want to settle this claim with ... More >>
NZQA Jobs To Go As Government Education Cuts Roll On
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 2:18 pm | Public Service Association
The NZQA proposal released to staff today would involve a net loss of 35 roles. There are 66 roles being disestablished with 13 of those currently vacant, and 31 new roles proposed, said Fleur Fitzsimons Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga ... More >>
Government’s Cuts Put Work Of Stats NZ At Risk
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 10:43 am | Public Service Association
The PSA is concerned that the voluntary redundancies being offered to staff by Stats NZ will impact on the agency’s ability to deliver on its core functions. More >>
Private Info Of New Zealanders Will Be Breached By Latest Government Cuts
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 2:51 pm | Public Service Association
The PSA is warning the Government that the sensitive information of New Zealanders held by various agencies will fall into the wrong hands if the latest round of proposed cuts goes ahead. More >>
Government Risks Wellbeing Of Māori With Proposed Cuts To Te Puni Kōkiri
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 10:30 am | PSA
The Government’s spending cuts are again targeting support for Māori with proposed reform of the agency charged with advising on Māori wellbeing and development. More >>
Govt Waters Down Royal Commission On Christchurch, Cuts Ethnic Communities
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 5:09 pm | PSA
Government spending cuts are forcing the Ministry of Ethnic Communities to water down how it engages with various communities, undermining the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain. More >>
Oranga Tamariki Axes Specialist Māori Roles, Weakens Commitment To Te Ao Māori
Friday, 26 April 2024, 9:10 am | Public Service Association
The PSA is shocked that Oranga Tamariki has used the cost cutting drive to downgrade its commitment to Te Ao Māori and remove many specialist Māori roles. More >>
Ministry Of Social Development Sheds 200 Workers, More Cuts To Come
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 3:29 pm | PSA
The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) has told staff today there will be further job cuts after accepting voluntary redundancy applications from 200 workers. Earlier this month MSD called for voluntary redundancies across parts of its Service Delivery ... More >>
More Frontline Cuts As Government Goes Soft On Organised Crime
Monday, 22 April 2024, 2:07 pm | Public Service Association
The Government is putting at risk the defences of our land and sea borders against organised crime, and our online defences against child exploitation, terrorism and online crime with cuts to critical frontline roles at Customs and Internal Affairs. More >>
Mental Health Foundation Facing Staff Cuts From Govt Funding Squeeze
Friday, 19 April 2024, 2:31 pm | Public Service Association
The Mental Health Foundation provides support and resources for those facing the loss of their job, so it’s wrong in the very week the Government adds another 1000 jobs to its tally of cuts, that this is happening. More >>
Minister Concedes Contractors Will Be Hired To Do Work Of Axed Ministry Of Education Staff
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 2:00 pm | Public Service Association
The PSA can’t believe that the Minister of Education is happy for her ministry to hire contractors at the same time it is dismissing 565 workers. More >>
Brutal Day Of Govt Cuts, Axing Support For Children And Young People
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 1:53 pm | Public Service Association
Oranga Tamariki and Ministry of Education propose scrapping 1012 jobs More >>
More WorkSafe Cuts Will Put Workers’ Health And Safety At Risk
Monday, 15 April 2024, 3:03 pm | Public Service Association
Moves by WorkSafe to start planning for further job cuts risks making New Zealand workplaces less safe, and New Zealand’s already poor worker safety record even worse, the PSA says. In November 2023 WorkSafe disestablished 113 roles , putting ... More >>
Government Spending Cuts Force DIA To Contract Out Critical Legal Work
Friday, 12 April 2024, 4:00 pm | PSA
Commercial work undertaken by a Department of Internal Affairs’ legal team will be fully outsourced to private law firms under proposed job cuts to meet the Government’s drive for spending cuts. "How does fattening the profits of law firms make sense ... More >>
Women Bearing Brunt Of Job Cuts At Tertiary Education Commission
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 3:01 pm | Public Service Association
Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) staff were told yesterday (April 10) by their Chief Executive that the organisation is cutting 28 roles including administration and clerical roles like Executive Assistants, Administrators, Executive Officers ... More >>
Govt Forces DOC To Shed 130 Jobs Despite Fragile State Of Natural Environment
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 3:16 pm | PSA
The reckless nature of the Government’s cost cutting drive has again been exposed with DOC forced to make big cuts at a time when it is struggling to protect the conservation estate - the jewel in our tourism crown. DOC told staff today the Government had ... More >>
