
Education Review Office to cut 13 jobs, union says
ERO was directed to slash 6.5 per cent of its spending amid wider public sector cuts.
ERO was directed to slash 6.5 per cent of its spending amid wider public sector cuts.
The public sector union said the cuts included 'vital' injury prevention staff.
The agency's bosses said changes will not impact frontline services like rehabilitation.
The ministry accepted another 59 voluntary redundancies last week.
David Seymour said red tape and regulation are 'out of control' in this country.
Kāinga Ora, Ministry of Housing, Stats NZ, Ministry of Ed, NZQA had cuts today.
Workers have been told not to make a decision 'on a whim'.
Some 80,000 frontline pandemic workers were given the pins.
The ministry's lawyers work with vulnerable children across the country.
OPINION: Police's flat rejection of the latest offer seems slightly detached from reality.
ANALYSIS: The Government's cuts will hurt, but their wider impact might be muted.
More than 1000 roles are set to be axed from the two agencies alone.
The PSA has called it a 'brutal day' for the public sector.
Public servants today will see job cuts in the sector run to more than 2000.
The changes are the latest proposal in a string of public service staff reductions.
The PSA is concerned women are bearing the brunt of cuts at the commission.
More than 1300 jobs are facing the chop from government departments so far.
PSA kaihautu Janice Panoho says NZ will lose valuable people.
Multiple agencies are being affected and seeing hundreds of jobs on the line
Christopher Luxon called on unions to support the Government's tax relief plans.
OPINION: Eight new agencies across the public service helped fuel record staffing levels.
The independent Remuneration Authority will soon decide if MPs should get a pay rise.
Final numbers cannot be confirmed until Budget decisions are announced in May.
Ministry of Health proposes to slash 134 roles entirely to meet Govt savings directive.
Officials at the centre of this week's job losses say services will be impacted.
The window between Easter and school holidays was decided the best time to inform staff.
OPINION: The Finance Minister was not best pleased to start her week with a PR disaster.
The ministry had previously confirmed 111 voluntary redundancies were accepted.
Van Velden said redundancies also happened in the private sector all the time.