Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 7, 2023 4:34:49 GMT 12
GOVT SEEKS TO HALT EXTRA PAY FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS FLUENT IN THE LANGUAGE
The government is trying to figure out how to stop any more public servants getting extra pay for being proficient in te reo Māori.
But it concedes it cannot dump existing allowances.
“I will ... ask for advice on how we could stop these bonuses being negotiated into future collective agreements,” the Public Service Minister Nicola Willis told RNZ.
“While we would not have initiated the bonuses ourselves, and while we do not support them, we are left with little choice but to implement them given they are contained in binding collective agreements.”
Unions are promising a fight.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/te-reo-maori-govt-seeks-to-halt-extra-pay-for-public-servants-fluent-in-the-language/4Y4WR6LC4FBDVII6Z3XNKDQES4/
NEARLY $800,000 PAID TO PUBLIC SERVANTS FLUENT IN TE REO MĀORI AS GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS CUTTING BONUS
Seymour's compiled figures showing 547 public servants across 12 Government departments were paid a total of nearly $800,000 this year alone for being fluent in te reo Māori.
"When did these bonuses enter these agreements?" Willis asked. "What's the purpose of them? Are they delivering their purpose?"....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/12/nearly-800-000-paid-to-public-servants-fluent-in-te-reo-m-ori-as-government-considers-cutting-bonus.html
The government is trying to figure out how to stop any more public servants getting extra pay for being proficient in te reo Māori.
But it concedes it cannot dump existing allowances.
“I will ... ask for advice on how we could stop these bonuses being negotiated into future collective agreements,” the Public Service Minister Nicola Willis told RNZ.
“While we would not have initiated the bonuses ourselves, and while we do not support them, we are left with little choice but to implement them given they are contained in binding collective agreements.”
Unions are promising a fight.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/te-reo-maori-govt-seeks-to-halt-extra-pay-for-public-servants-fluent-in-the-language/4Y4WR6LC4FBDVII6Z3XNKDQES4/
NEARLY $800,000 PAID TO PUBLIC SERVANTS FLUENT IN TE REO MĀORI AS GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS CUTTING BONUS
Seymour's compiled figures showing 547 public servants across 12 Government departments were paid a total of nearly $800,000 this year alone for being fluent in te reo Māori.
"When did these bonuses enter these agreements?" Willis asked. "What's the purpose of them? Are they delivering their purpose?"....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/12/nearly-800-000-paid-to-public-servants-fluent-in-te-reo-m-ori-as-government-considers-cutting-bonus.html