Women bear brunt of public sector cuts

Women bear brunt of public sector cuts
BusinessDesk analyses data about public sector redundancies. (Image: NZME)
Cécile Meier
In the last of a three-part series on the cost of this year's mass cuts to the wider public service, BusinessDesk looks at the disproportionate impact the restructures have had on women.  In March, Jane* lost a job she loved with a public sector agency. Eight months later, her husband – also a Wellington public servant – was made redundant, too. The restructuring process was upsetting for the parents of two young children. Jane would burst into tears at school pick-up, and her children would tell their t...

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