Friday, 23 July 2021, 4:14 pm
Labour is using
Covid-19 as the justification for imposing new costs on
employers in the form of an extra week of paid sick leave
for each employee, but the real reason is because their
union mates have been applying the pressure, National’s
Workplace Relations spokesperson Scott Simpson
says.
“If Covid-19 really is the reason Labour want
the change to sick leave entitlements, that come into effect
tomorrow, then a better option would be to attach a sick
leave response to the existing Covid relief
package.
“It would be appropriate to limit the life
of an increase to sick leave entitlement and target those
Friday, 23 July 2021, 3:13 pm
An innovative new service to help both those seeking and
distributing philanthropic funding in Aotearoa New Zealand
is underway.
Philanthropy New Zealand (PNZ) has just
pressed the go button on Match – your funding place. The
vision of Match is a more accessible, collaborative and
equitable funding system in Aotearoa. It aims to more
efficiently and effectively connect the demand for, and
supply of, philanthropic funding.
PNZ Chief Executive
Sue McCabe said the service looked to reduce the amount of
resource community groups needed to put into connecting with
interested funders; while making it simpler for funders to
Friday, 23 July 2021, 3:27 pm
Although new COVID-19 cases in Africa have slowed
following an eight-week surge, this “small step forward”
could be short-lived, the Regional Office of the World
Health Organization (WHO) said on
Thursday.
Cases on the continent fell by 1.7 per cent
this week to nearly 282,000, largely due to a sharp decline
in South Africa, home to the bulk of reported
infections.
However, removing the country from the
data would show an 18 per cent increase, or more than
182,000 cases: what the UN agency called a uniquely steep
and unbroken nine-week surge.
At peak
risk
“Be under no illusions, Africa’s third wave
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