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More evidence of public service morale crisis
Tuesday, 24 July 2012, 5:32 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association says a new survey provides yet more evidence of the negative impact of government budget cuts and on-going restructuring of the public service. More >>
Olympic security debacle stunning example of privatisation
Thursday, 19 July 2012, 3:36 pm | PSA
The company at the centre of the Olympic security debacle in Britain tendered for the contract to run the private prison in Auckland and is a stunning example of privatisation failure, according to the Public Service Association. More >>
Show of council unity against local government reform
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 10:10 am | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association is welcoming a unified stand by the country’s councils over proposed changes to local government, saying it sends a strong signal about the government’s reform agenda. More >>
IRD phone lines jammed during peak tax season
Friday, 13 July 2012, 12:47 pm | PSA
Tens of thousands of taxpayer calls to Inland Revenue are going unanswered as public sector cuts take their toll during the peak tax season, according to the Public Service Association. More >>
Industrial Research staff left in limbo
Thursday, 12 July 2012, 5:08 pm | PSA
The future of more than 360 people working at an existing Crown Research Institute remains up in the air following the government’s announcement of the structure of the new Advanced Technology Institute. More >>
Student visa scam should warn against contracting out
Thursday, 12 July 2012, 12:25 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association says a student visa scam in China should serve as a warning about the risks of contracting out important public services. It’s been revealed that hundreds of Chinese students received fraudulent visas through a company ... More >>
Lauder cuts: Govt’s lopsided approach to science funding
Monday, 9 July 2012, 5:13 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association says environmental science is falling victim to the government’s lopsided approach to scientific funding and research. Three senior scientists at NIWA’s Lauder Research Station in central Otago are set to lose their ... More >>
Serco failures highlight the perils of private prisons
Friday, 6 July 2012, 11:44 am | Public Service Association
Alarm bells should be ringing about the future of private prisons in New Zealand following yet more performance failures by private prison operator Serco, according to the Public Service Association. More >>
Winners And Losers Approach To Biosecurity Won’t Work
Thursday, 5 July 2012, 3:01 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association says the government risks setting up a winners and losers approach to biosecurity which could put business interests ahead of sensible regulation. More >>
Plans to withdraw disability legal services discriminatory
Thursday, 5 July 2012, 11:20 am | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association says plans to cut legal services for the disability community are discriminatory and will leave disabled New Zealanders without access to specialist legal representation. More >>
Public sector doom and gloom a sad indictment of cutbacks
Monday, 2 July 2012, 5:02 pm | Public Service Association
Figures showing government workers are the gloomiest about their job security are a sad indictment of on-going government cutbacks in the public sector, according to the Public Service Association. More >>
DoL, Department of Building and Housing, MED, MSI - RIP
Thursday, 28 June 2012, 4:09 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association says it will work to minimise job losses and maximise job security for staff involved in the new superministry merger. More >>
‘To do’ list and public sector cuts don’t add up
Monday, 25 June 2012, 6:13 pm | PSA
PSA MEDIA RELEASE 25th June 2012 - For Immediate Use ‘To do’ list and public sector cuts don’t add up More >>
ACC needs to rethink performance-based pay system
Friday, 22 June 2012, 5:24 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association says that in the past ACC has consistently rejected attempts to negotiate a fairer, more transparent pay system for staff. More >>
Redeployment options must be fully explored for Corrections
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 4:43 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association says the Corrections Department must do everything it can to try and redeploy those staff whose positions have been lost through restructuring. More >>
State sector legislation sends worrying signals
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 1:37 pm | PSA
PSA MEDIA RELEASE 21st June 2012 - For Immediate Use State sector legislation sends worrying signals More >>
Survey confirms NZ’s low level of public sector fraud
Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 1:38 pm | Public Service Association
A survey into fraud in the public sector confirms New Zealand’s very clean international reputation but is useful in helping to promote a zero tolerance approach, according to the Public Service Association. More >>
Concern overattempt to arbitrarily limit staff pay increases
Tuesday, 19 June 2012, 3:51 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association says an attempt by the Whanganui District Council to arbitrarily limit staff salary increases for the next decade is a sign of things to come if new local government legislation is rushed through. More >>
Govt can’t treat residential school closures as a done deal
Friday, 15 June 2012, 1:09 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association is urging the government not to treat a plan to close down residential special schools as a done deal. More >>
ACC staff bearing the brunt of on-going political storm
Friday, 15 June 2012, 9:22 am | PSA
ACC staff are hoping that any new leadership will not result in radical change and more restructuring, according to the Public Service Association. More >>
