IRD to slash regional staff
Almost 200 IRD staff at regional offices around the country are set to lose their jobs.
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Almost 200 IRD staff at regional offices around the country are set to lose their jobs.
Staff at Rotorua, Invercargill, Napier, Nelson and New Plymouth are to find out today who will still have a job after the tax department slashes its staff in those offices by more than half by June 30 next year.
Rotorua will go from having 67 full time equivalent positions to 23, while Invercargill will drop from 82 to 19, Napier from 85 to 69, Nelson from 48 to 22 and New Plymouth will see its office staff drop from 63 to 21. In total 191 of 345 FTE jobs will be lost.
An Inland Revenue information sheet supplied to staff in those offices said it was part of a proposed new design at each of the sites, which I the future would be made up of a team of community compliance officers and a team of local investigators, each with its own team leader.
The exception is Napier, where the IRD will retain its existing child support and tax collection staff to support the government's ongoing investment in this key area, the information sheet said.
Napier will also retain an existing investigation team, it said, along with a workplace services officer position.
“Non-customer (or virtual) will be redirected to larger centres over several months and is expected to be largely absorbed through increased efficiencies,” it said, although relocation of staff or minimal recruitment was not ruled out.
Staff in offices affected by the changes would be consulted on the proposals until August 25.
Colin Williscroft
Thu, 04 Aug 2011
Thu, 04 Aug 2011
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IRD to slash regional staff
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