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Reintroduction of youth rates a sad day for youth
Thursday, 21 March 2013, 5:34 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association says the passage of the Minimum Wage (Starting Out Wage) Amendment Bill into law will represent a sad day for New Zealand’s young people. More >>
Frustrated NZQA staff to walk off the job
Friday, 15 March 2013, 10:51 am | PSA
Staff at the New Zealand Qualifications Authority are due to walk off the job later today over NZQA’s refusal to negotiate fairly in on-going pay talks. More >>
Case sends message to employers about union discrimination
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 1:22 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association and the Service and Food Workers Union have won a landmark case against a charitable trust which deliberately discriminated against its union employees. More >>
Sleepover payment delays add insult to injury
Monday, 4 March 2013, 4:23 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association is accusing the Ministry of Health of adding insult to injury for hundreds of community support workers who are still waiting for their rightful sleepover payments. More >>
NZQA staff to rally over ongoing pay dispute
Monday, 4 March 2013, 2:57 pm | Public Service Association
Staff at the New Zealand Qualifications Authority have voted to take low level industrial action over their on-going pay dispute and will be holding a lunchtime rally tomorrow (March 5) to highlight their concerns. More >>
Legal action over travel time for home support workers
Friday, 1 March 2013, 3:48 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association is pursuing legal action over the funding of travel time for home support workers. More >>
Biosecurity report recommendations should be taken on board
Friday, 1 March 2013, 11:29 am | PSA
The Public Service Association is welcoming the Auditor General’s report into biosecurity saying it highlights the importance of proper staffing and resourcing in the protection of our borders. More >>
135 health and safety inspectors have to reapply for jobs
Thursday, 28 February 2013, 3:23 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association is warning that a major restructuring of health and safety inspectors risks creating an inspector shortfall. All 135 health and safety inspectors within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment have been told ... More >>
Measly Minimum Wage Increase Won’t Touch The Sides
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 2:00 pm | PSA
Measly Minimum Wage Increase Won’t Touch The Sides The measly increase to the minimum wage won’t even touch the sides for already underpaid workers, according to the Public Service Association. More >>
Opportunity to get it right on health and safety
Thursday, 21 February 2013, 3:45 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association says health and safety inspectors will welcome moves to set up a stand-alone health and safety agency as an opportunity to get it right. More >>
Government leaving future and quality of aged care to chance
Wednesday, 20 February 2013, 3:07 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association says the government is leaving the future care of the elderly to chance by refusing to address underfunding, low pay and pay inequity in the aged care sector. More >>
Government Needs To Blaze The Trail On Living Wage
Thursday, 14 February 2013, 9:04 am | PSA
The Public Service Association is calling on the government, as the country’s largest employer and funder of public services, to take the lead and provide a living wage to workers. More >>
Wellington mayor needs more consistency on asset sales
Wednesday, 13 February 2013, 2:58 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association is urging Wellington’s mayor to adopt a more consistent approach when it comes to asset sales and privatisation. More >>
Further public sector cuts likely to push up Capital jobless
Thursday, 7 February 2013, 3:43 pm | Public Service Association
Wellington is unlikely to see any improvement in its jobless figures unless the government changes its thinking on public sector cutbacks, according to the Public Service Association. More >>
Troubled Defence Force could become industrial battleground
Thursday, 31 January 2013, 1:24 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association is warning there will be no improvement in morale at the New Zealand Defence Force until there is a willingness to address high attrition rates and improve pay and conditions for civilian staff. More >>
Working prisons the right approach
Wednesday, 30 January 2013, 2:07 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association says the creation of more working prisons is the right approach which will bring social benefits. More >>
More trouble in education as industrial action looms at NZQA
Friday, 21 December 2012, 1:40 pm | PSA
Staff at the New Zealand Qualifications Authority are looking to hold stop work meetings in the New Year over NZQA’s refusal to negotiate pay and attempts to take positions out of the collective agreement. More >>
Secretary for Education the fall guy for inept Minister
Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 2:52 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association says it’s clear that the Secretary for Education has become the fall guy for an inept Minister. Lesley Longstone, who came from Britain to take up the position, has resigned after just a year in the job. More >>
MPs pay rise hard to swallow
Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 12:40 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association says Parliamentary Services staff will find a pay rise for MPs particularly hard to swallow. More >>
MPI Staff Call Off Industrial Action
Monday, 17 December 2012, 9:52 am | PSA
PSA members at the Ministry for Primary Industries have called off planned industrial action this week after agreement was reached to return to the negotiating table. More >>
