40375 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Education

40375 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Education: In the Minister’s departments, ministries and agencies, if any, how many employees, if any, have lost or are set to lose their roles, and provide a service to customers, between 27 November 2023 and 10 July 2024?

Hon Erica Stanford: Corrected reply: These decisions are the responsibility of the relevant agency Chief Executive. I am advised that the Public Service Association has commenced legal action in the Employment Relations Authority against the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) in relation to the change process. The Ministry has paused its change process while its legal action is underway. The Education Review Office advises that no employees have lost their roles between 27 November 2023 and 10 July 2024. I am advised that no employees that provide a service to customers lost their roles at the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) between 27 November 2023 and 10 July 2024. However, NZQA is in the process of implementing a change decision dated 13 June 2024, and therefore is not able to respond to whether staff are set to lose their roles.