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COVID-19 Lockdown. TIASA News COVID Lockdown – ANZAC Day Issue
To: All TIASA members. From: Peter Joseph, Chief Executive. Kia ora whanau, We hope that you are coping well with the lockdown and that you and your bubble are safe and well. It has certainly been both challenging and interesting as we have navigated our...
COVID-19: Leave subsidy changes – needs to go further
Source: CTU -- The Council of Trade Unions welcomes the government’s announcement to extend the leave subsidy as part of the package to support working people through the consequences of the COVID-19 virus. However, the CTU believes more can be done to support working...
Government leave subsidy must meet three key tests
Source: CTU -- The Government’s leave subsidy for working people who have high vulnerability to COVID or share a bubble with vulnerable people must be extended and improved by meeting three simple tests to succeed says the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. CTU...
COVID-19 Lockdown. TIASA News. COVID Lockdown Day #15
To: All TIASA members. From: Peter Joseph, Chief Executive. Date: 9 April 2020. Kia ora whanau, We hope that you are staying safe (and staying at home) and ensuring that we all do our very best to keep ourselves and each other safe in the fight against COVID-19. It...
On 1st April, Don’t be fooled or confused!
• Your salary and employment conditions negotiated by TIASA, are protected and transfer to the new subsidiary company of the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology, NZIST (Working Title), as of today. • Your employment is deemed to be ‘continuous’ in all...
Minimum wage increase – vital support for our lowest paid
Source: CTU On April 1 the minimum wage will increase $1.20 an hour $18.90 (currently $17.70). "Within our society the people who are often paid the minimum wage are those working in roles such as supermarket workers, cleaners, rubbish collectors. These people have...
COVID-19 Lockdown. TIASA News COVID Lockdown Day #2
To: All TIASA members. From: Peter Joseph, Chief Executive. Date: 27 March 2020. Kia ora whanau, We trust that you are adjusting to our new reality of COVID lockdown and working in isolation and, are staying safe and well. As you are aware, Shelley Weir, TIASA...
COVID-19 Lockdown. Update for all TIASA Members
Kia ora whanau, Things have evolved rapidly over recent days and, TIASA strongly support the Prime Minister’s announcement and Government’s actions in moving to Level 4 from midnight tonight. We understand the anxiety that these unprecedented measures are causing and...
COVID-19: Unscrupulous employers exploiting the crisis
Source: CTU The Council of Trade Unions is deeply concerned with reports of some employers behaving badly during the COVID-19 crisis. "Working people expect to be treated fairly at all times and especially in times of crisis. Some employers are behaving badly, others...
Directors on the boards of subsidiary ITP’s are named
IST Establishment have announced of those who have agreed to serve as directors on the boards of subsidiary Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITP's) effective from 1st April 2020. See below links to media releases regarding to board of each ITP: Ara Institute...
Governments COVID 19 economic package welcomed
Source: CTU The Council of Trade Unions is welcoming today's significant package as a first stage to support New Zealand working people and our economy as a result of COVID-19. "This package provides an immediate boost to get through these challenging times," CTU...
Re-imagining Vocational Learning and Announcement of Preferred Name – Pūkenga Aotearoa
Media release from IST Establishment On 1 August 2019, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced the Government’s decisions on the Reform of Vocational Education (RoVE) proposals. One of the seven key changes is to create a new kind of organisation that...
TIASA Newsletter – January/February 2020
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Stephen Town named Chief Executive of NZIST
Tena koutou katoa The inaugural Chief Executive for the NZIST (working title) is Stephen Town, who has held several leadership roles including Chief Executive positions in the tertiary education and local government sectors. Some...
IST Establishment Unit Kōrero Meetings with Staff and Stakeholders
Below is the outline for IST Establishment Unit Kōrero meetings with Staff and Stakeholders. IST are still finalising the final week. Information will be updates as received. Date Where Time Session Venue/Room Contact person Thu30 Jan Otago Polytech Dunedin 10:45...
Biennial Conference and 50th Anniversary Celebrations
The Work The Celebrations The Honours
We need to Stop Hate Now
Last Friday, a hateful door was opened in our country that can never now be closed. Extremism, brandishing assault weaponry, raged in through that door and mercilessly mowed down at least 50 innocent victims who were in peaceful prayer. The enormity of the...
Striking for Survival
The ‘Strike for the Climate’ action by New Zealand students and their counterparts worldwide is inspirational and justified. TIASA congratulates these students on their courageous leadership – something that has been lacking from successive generations and world...
Meri Kirihimete to all TIASA Members
2018 has been a particularly challenging year for us all and, as it winds up toward Christmas, our focus can now shift to relaxing and spending time with family. As part of the TIASA Whānau/family, I take this opportunity on behalf of the National Executive (Apiha...
Historic minimum wage announcement a huge relief for working Kiwis
by Jenn Lawless The Government has just announced today that the minimum wage will be rising to $17.70 an hour on 1 April 2019 – an increase of $1.20 per hour, with further increases indicated up to $20 an hour in 2021. “The historic increase to the minimum wage from...