New Housing Crisis over there or are we importing more Aussies to replace them ? :)
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/worksa...GTOSGWTOHUSFQ/
WorkSafe cuts desks by three quarters in Wellington office move
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WorkSafe will be moving to a new building in February - and cutting three quarters of its available desks in the process.
The move will bring better facilities, a higher seismic rating, and more meeting spaces, deputy chief executive corporate, Rachel Gully said.
WorkSafe has notified its landlord it will be vacating the current premises on 86 Customhouse Quay in Wellington and relocating to 8 Willis St, moving in with other government agencies, including Statistics New Zealand and the Ministry for the Environment.
“Our current space has 449 desks. However, since the pandemic, we have had about 40 per cent desk occupancy,” Gully said.
“Our future space has 121 desks plus access to over 1200 additional shared work points throughout the building.”
A cheap Govt Office Furniture auction on the way next ? ;)
Why would successful people come here when they would earn less.
It's getting tough out there:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...PLAJBULDQABPE/
Labour hire company ELE, Tranzport Solutions in receivership, 1000+ jobs terminated: Deloitte
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5 days before Christmas & crunch .. but how the h4ll does a Labour Hire outfit turn upside down ? ;)
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/301...-off-staff-ema
'Record' level of employers looking for help laying off staff: EMA
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Employers are looking for help in managing restructuring and redundancies at a rate not seen since the global financial crisis, the Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) says.
Head of advocacy Alan McDonald said requests for help had been steadily increasing through the year but there had been a sharp increase in the last four months.
"In the year to November, demand for restructuring and redundancy support has increased by nearly 50% as businesses responded to the economic slowdown," he said.
Thanks to the wonderful state of the economy that Labour & Robbo left behind ;)
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He said the manufacturing sector had shrunk for nine consecutive months.
“People’s reserves and resilience are at an absolute low after three consecutive years of Covid, weather disasters... It’s just very tough.
"Inflationary pressures are still strong, and this is increasing the cost of doing business, while rising interest rates are dampening consumer demand and increasing debt servicing costs.
"As a result, many business owners have few options and are being forced to look at how they can reduce costs, including their staffing costs. This is reflected in the strong uptick in requests for support that we have seen since August.