Source: Radio New Zealand
The ministry said this was in line with the government’s push for efficiency and effectiveness 123rf
The Public Service Associations says it has formally raised with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff concerns about high workloads in what it calls “a period of instability”.
An MFAT report shows it shed seven jobs in a restructure that disestablished 42 jobs and created 35.
The ministry said this was in line with the government’s push for efficiency and effectiveness, and would enhance its core diplomatic and overseas development capabilities.
“We are confident that these reviews will not affect our ability to deliver on the government’s foreign, development and trade priorities in a way that is sustainable and within normal workloads,” it said in a statement.
The Public Service Association said it opposed the changes.
“Seven roles were cut, but the organisation was very significantly reorganised,” national secretary Fleur Fitzsimons in a statement.
“The PSA have also formally raised staff concerns about a period of instability, as well as unsustainably high workloads.”
It would be monitoring the workloads, she said.
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