20 Jul 2017

Technology replacing 1800 IRD jobs by 2021

From Morning Report, 7:31 am on 20 July 2017

The Public Service Association says Inland Revenue is planning to cut nearly a third of its 6,000 jobs by 2021 and PSA national secretary Erin Polaczuk says the "roles that continue to exist will be undervalued". The announcement follows a major computer upgrade. Erin Polaczuk says she accepts technology will change the way we work and we need to look at how me help move people into other jobs.