Statement on jobs
By
RICHARD CRESSWELL,
industrial reporter The new board of directors for the corporatised Ministry of Works and Development is expected to make a policy statement today or on Monday on future employment with the new corporation. The Ministry has said that about 57 jobs in Canterbury and Westland will be cut in preparation for the corporatisation from April 1 next year. The Ministry interviewed staff yesterday and would continue today, to measure how many people wanted to stay,
take voluntary severance, or a number of other options. Mr Phillip Butler, an organiser for the Public Service Association in Christchurch, said the group intended to spend two days in Christchurch. They might have sufficient numbers volunteering to leave the Ministry, but if the number was not reached after discussion with workers the Ministry would report back The interviewing would take about three weeks nationally and a picture of who wanted to stay or leave would be available in about two months,
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