Labour Dept staff reshuffle?

Press, 12 June 1986, Page 2

Labour Dept staff reshuffle?

The Labour Department has proposed a reshuffling of staff establishments in districts throughout New Zealand, giving more staff to districts or sections where the workload has increased, and fewer where the load has decreased. If the proposal went ahead Christchurch could have 10 fewer staff, and Nelson could have seven fewer. The Christchurch district superintendent of the department, Mr Bill Hol-

land, said that it was still very much a proposal. It had been initiated by the head office and was not related to the request last month by the Government for greater efficiency from the State sector. Mr Holland said that the over-all department establishment nationally would remain the same. He had been asked to inform the head office by June 27 on the feasibility of the changes proposed. The secretary of the

Canterbury region of the Public Service Association, Mr John McKenzie, said that from what he had heard it was more than just a proposal. Officers of the Labour Department in Christ-

church who are members of the P.S.A. met on Tuesday and resolved to express their dissatisfaction with "recent staff allocations imposed by the Secretary of Labour.”