Govt staff deployed

Press, 21 July 1976, Page 10

Govt staff deployed

Government departments; in Christchurch have been! able to continue employing' full staffs notwithstanding; the present unfavourable economic climate. The largest employer for the Government in the city, the Ministry of Works and; Development. has assidu-1 ously avoided putting off salaned and wage staffs by; using redeployment methods.; The District Commissioner of Works (Mr P F Reynolds) said yesterday that when work had stopped on: the Southern Motorway pro-!

iject the 14 employees affec- i I ted had been found work in I (other sectors of the Ministry. ’ I Wage workers employed i >on the Glenavy-Morven ini- i gation scheme, a project now almost completed, had been ; found alternative work but not necessarily in the same 1 j district. j On the West Coast, alternative work was offered to - .single Greymouth men at JHarihari. Mount Cook and ITwizel. Mr Reynolds said some had resigned. Govem- . tnent instructions were to i; reduce salaried staff levels. ' Staff had either been !

trained for other jobs within the department where they were needed or transferred to other Government departments. The Inland Revenue Department which employs more than 300 people, has been able to continue employing even temporary staff efficiently. So far. only some of those taken on to help with work created by the defunct New Zealand Superannuation Scheme have left. Others will leave during the next eight months. They are doing other necessary casual I jobs.