EDS eyes NZ staff cuts

Retraining or redundancy could be on the cards for some New Zealand staff of services giant Electronic Data Systems.

A plan by EDS chairman and chief executive Michael Jordan to cut between 15,000 and 20,000 staff has been interpreted as mainly affecting the company's 55,000 North American staff.

But an email from Jordan to all EDS staff indicates some New Zealand staff could be in the gun.