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Public service cuts: Number of job losses set to rise
Public servants today will see job cuts in the sector run to more than 2000.
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.
A number of job reductions have been due to stop-work notices.
It's the latest agency to target jobs as a way to meet govt's directed cost savings.
Multiple agencies are being affected and seeing hundreds of jobs on the line
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Final numbers cannot be confirmed until Budget decisions are announced in May.
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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.
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