NOTICE OF DISMISSAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19892, 21 March 1939, Page 5

NOTICE OF DISMISSAL

CASUAL EMPLOYEES LABOUR DEPARTMENT REORGANISATION SCHEME (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Consequent on the reorganisation of the employment division of the Labour Department and its amalgamation with the Pensions Department to form the Social Security Department, numbers of employees throughout New Zealand have been given notice of the termination of their employment. Of the Wellington staff, 10 received notice yesterday. Similar reductions are contemplated in other centres. ' The official explanation is .that the rearrangement of the departments has resulted in a surplus of staff to the requirements and where employees have been found to be no longer required, or not up to the standard, their services have been dispensed with. These employees, it is stated, will be transferred to other departments if vacancies exist and when vacancies occur they will be considered. The Pensions Department has not lost any staff through the amalgamation of departments, the explanation being that the Pensions Department has practically no casual staff, whereas the employment division of the Labour Department is composed largely of casual workers. The Public Service Commissioner, Mr. T. Mark, was reticent when questioned last night as to the extent of the dismissals throughout New Zealand. He did not deny that 10 employees in Wellington had received notice, and said that the numbers varied in other centres. Asked whether further dismissals were contemplated, Mr. Mark said it was in the bounds of possibility. "The whole thing is in the melting pot," he added. "The Social Security Department requires an entirely new organisation and you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs. Some of these employees, unfortunately for them, are the eggs."