The Finance Minister s public sector pay freeze went down like a cup of cold sick - workers and unions revolted, and now they re just confused. We re pleased he s saying it s not a pay freeze and we d like to talk further to him about that because that s not the message that s come across from the guidance, Public Service Association (PSA) National Secretary Kerry Davies told Newshub.
Robertson wouldn t say if he should have been clearer when he made the announcement. We ll take some time to reflect on that, he said.
Thousands upon thousands of public service workers are writing to their unions furious. Newshub has been provided just a sample of their stories.
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The pay freeze will apply to those earning $100,000 or more a year, while pay increases for those earning under $60,000 will be prioritised.
OPINION: On the same day Labour were in Wellington announcing a pay freeze for government employees, a group of businesspeople at the other end of the North Island were discussing the exact opposite. Some of the country’s top company directors were packed together in a hotel conference hall for an Institute of Directors Event where former Delaware supreme court judge Leo E. Strine Jr told the audience they should add an extra “E” to the term ESG.
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The death of a 19-month-old girl who became entangled in a cord on the back of a roman blind has prompted warnings from a coroner.
DISTRESSING CONTENT WARNING: The tragic death of a toddler who was strangled by the inner cords of a roman blind has led to a call for regulations of the hidden and little-known home hazard. Coroner Mary-Anne Borrowdale investigated the death of the 19-month-old whose neck became caught in the cords at the back of a roman blind in 2018. The coroner found that since 2009 there had been five other deaths in New Zealand where children had become entangled in roman blind cords and one who had become entangled in a roller blind cord.