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Legal action planned against Ministry of Justice
Friday, 14 December 2012, 7:41 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association is planning legal action against the Ministry of Justice over its failure to lift a redundancy waiver for staff moving to work with a private contractor. More >>
Residential School Closure Decisions Must Be Deferred
Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 3:12 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association is calling for all decisions around special residential school closures to be deferred in the wake of the High Court ruling on Nelson’s Salisbury School. More >>
Court services revamp comes at a cost to provincial NZ
Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 1:05 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association says a revamp of court services comes at a cost to provincial New Zealand. More >>
Tougher stance needed on family friendly workplaces
Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 9:42 am | PSA
The Public Service Association says a recommendation from the Children’s Commissioner on Solutions to Child Poverty about family friendly workplaces, doesn’t go far enough. More >>
Final courts announcement could provoke further backlash
Monday, 10 December 2012, 4:47 pm | Public Service Association
The government could face a growing backlash from communities like Dargaville once it makes a final announcement on plans to downgrade or close down local courts, according to the Public Service Association. More >>
Biosecurity boost will simply restore frontline numbers
Friday, 7 December 2012, 5:16 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association says additional biosecurity staff will simply restore frontline numbers to where they were four years ago. More >>
Timing of Auditor General’s report on local govt questioned
Friday, 7 December 2012, 2:20 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association is asking why a key report on local government was not made available during the parliamentary debate on the controversial Local Government Amendment Bill. More >>
Ministry of Justice denying staff proper redundancy rights
Friday, 7 December 2012, 11:35 am | PSA
The Public Service Association says the Ministry of Justice is colluding with a private contractor to deny staff their proper redundancy rights. More >>
MBIE urged to ‘please explain’ over health and safety
Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 4:22 pm | Public Service Association
Health and safety inspectors want some answers from the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment over a proposal which will see their current jobs disestablished and force them to reapply for positions. More >>
Industrial Action: Biosecurity, Border Control, Fisheries
Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 3:13 pm | PSA
PSA members at the Ministry of Primary Industries are taking industrial action later this month over the Ministry’s refusal to negotiate fairly and return to pay talks. More >>
Employment disputes likely out of local government reforms
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 5:05 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association is disappointed to see ill-conceived local government reform legislation pass into law, and warns it risks creating unwanted employment disputes. More >>
PSA supports call for whistleblowing review
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 12:47 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association is supporting a call for a review of whistleblowing legislation, and would like to see it backed up with a public education campaign. More >>
MidCentral DHB surplus insults low paid home support workers
Wednesday, 28 November 2012, 2:27 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association is calling on the MidCentral District Health Board to use some of its large surplus to properly fund home support providers and boost workers’ pay. The DHB has posted a $6.7 million surplus for the 2011/12 financial ... More >>
Education Ministry sees sense over payroll unit review
Tuesday, 27 November 2012, 1:12 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association is pleased that the Ministry of Education has seen sense and agreed to delay a planned review of its payroll services unit. More >>
The government doesn’t value women in the public service
Tuesday, 27 November 2012, 10:43 am | PSA
The government doesn’t value women in the public service and isn’t doing enough to address the pay equity problem says the PSA, New Zealand’s largest union representing public and community service workers. More >>
The government doesn’t value women in the public service
Monday, 26 November 2012, 4:28 pm | Public Service Association
The government doesn’t value women in the public service and isn’t doing enough to address the pay equity problem says the PSA, New Zealand’s largest union representing public and community service workers. More >>
Family Violence Is A Workplace Issue
Friday, 23 November 2012, 12:42 pm | PSA
To coincide with White Ribbon Month and White Ribbon Day (November 25th) the PSA along with other unions, has launched an awareness project to involve workplaces in addressing and preventing family violence. More >>
MPI provoking industrial dispute by walking out of pay talks
Friday, 23 November 2012, 11:50 am | PSA
The Public Service Association is accusing the Ministry for Primary Industries of deliberately provoking a dispute and risking industrial action by seeking to reduce the conditions of employment for staff. More >>
Welcome focus on Corrections staff safety
Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 1:19 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association is welcoming the establishment of an expert advisory panel on prison staff safety and hopes valuable lessons can be learned. More >>
Industrial action at Statistics New Zealand
Friday, 16 November 2012, 10:24 am | PSA
PSA members at Statistics New Zealand have launched industrial action over a proposed new pay system and Statistics New Zealand’s heavy-handed approach to the negotiation process. More >>
