
Pay equity for mental health and addiction workers
Around 5000 workers set to benefit from extension to pay equity settlement
Around 5000 workers set to benefit from extension to pay equity settlement
System failures could result in patients walking out of high-risk facilities.
Inland Revenue has asked customers not to phone during strike action
More than 4000 IRD and MBIE staff will go on strike next month.
It comes as government workers and nurses also decide on industrial action.
The deceased man's family are calling on the government agency to be open and transparent.
Funding for housing and addressing child poverty a good start some say, but more is needed
Health and safety advocates call for WorkSafe to investigate bullying claims at Housing NZ
Shane Jones says he wants the power to appoint public servants to speed up processes.
DHB admin workers are the latest to call for pay equity.
Government confirms it will extend pay equity to mental health support workers.
The parents of Ariana Reedy, who took her own life, are delivering a petition today.
606 pairs of shoes for every Kiwi lost to suicide in the last year arrives at Parliament.
Almost 10 years after he committed suicide, his widow still wakes screaming.
The PSA says Hamilton council staff think a 15 per cent pay rise for its CEO is unfair.
A report which led to the resignation of the Auditor-General is being withheld.
The PSA union says 4000 jobs could be affected in the IRD restructure.
Report claims mental health service users feel the system is dismissive and dehumanising.
A new report has shown 9 per cent of adults can not get the specialist care they need.
Mental health workers plead for public support to fix a 'broken' system they say puts workers and patients at risk.
Critics have slammed the Ministry of Social Development for rejecting a clause to establish special family violence leave saying they were "disappointed" and "saddened" by the decision.
Footpath outside mall closed for building strengthening work.
It's back to business for most Wellington workers today according to the city's mayor, as buildings reopen in the CBD.
The strike by airport security workers was due to take place next week, potentially disrupting thousands of flights and passengers.
If you're flying later this month, you may need to factor in more time to clear airport security.
The idea of Serco being responsible for a pipeline guiding children through their lives from cradle to grave - from CYF to prison - sounds like something from a dystopian novel, writes Richard Wagstaff.
Three Waikato Hospital nurses have been suspended for defying a controversial new policy forcing non-vaccinated workers to either get flu jabs or wear face masks.
The apology from State Services boss Iain Rennie to the complainant at the centre of the Roger Sutton affair and public servants in general has been welcomed by his minister, Paula Bennett - but she has indicated another slip-up will cost him his job.