Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage and Social Development Hon Carmel Sepuloni today launched a new Creative Careers Service, which is expected to.
Section 70 of the Social Security Act is used by MSD to deduct the value of some overseas “tier 2” pensions like Rea’s UK pension, built up through contributions made from people’s wages, to be deducted from their NZ Super payments, which its critics have long claimed is an abuse of the law. Rea complained to the Ombudsman after MSD’s Benefits Review Committee (BRC) refused to hear his challenge to the deductions because he had failed to take it within the three-month window after the deductions began in 2013.
The NZ Super deductions policy allows the Ministry of Social Development to deduct the value of tier 2 overseas pensions recieved by superannuitants from their NZ Super payments.
According to Freeman, this creates a clearly defined career path for candidates who would otherwise have had to learn on the job. “Our mission is to increase employee lifetime value and lift the sales capacity of New Zealand,” he says. Candidates complete a virtual assessment to identify their potential, before being matched with companies to employ them directly. “We then stick around for 12-months to provide training and education to these sales and customer focused stuff. This includes ongoing online modules, interactive peer-to-peer support sessions and access to experienced mentors,” says Freeman. Freeman partnered with B2B sales specialist Alex McNaughten in 2020 to build the office-based apprenticeship, which is similar to models that have proved successful in the UK, USA, and Australia.