Audrey Young: Police push their luck on pay as mass layoffs continue
OPINION: Police's flat rejection of the latest offer seems slightly detached from reality.
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.
Van Velden said redundancies also happened in the private sector all the time.
Ministries are urged to find savings between 6.5 and 7.5 per cent on average.
Despite recruiting restrictions, police remain committed to delivering 500 extra cops.
The ministry has paused recruitment and is looking to defer spending where possible.
OPINION: It's hard to argue against the need to cut spending, but where's the leadership?
Oranga Tamariki's boss is dipping into his own pocket due to spending restrictions.
Just how deep will the cuts go in the race to cut spending?
OPINION: The decision to avoid investing in Premier House misses the broader point.
OPINION: 'Disillusioned, bored, aimless young men need a purpose.'
A new report shows public sector wages rose higher than those in the private sector.
Government departments are pushing on with cost-slashing exercises, including job cuts.
The PSA says history shows women 'suffer disproportionately' from public sector cuts.