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Skinny 16 years ago

Hawkins Construction

01/09/2008 Skinny 1 Comment

Out of all the other negative rubbish that appeared in the New Zealand Herald last Saturday this story from Simon Collins stood out. Hawkins Construction has started an employment initiative for troubled youth on the North Shore of Auckland. They have hired 12 offenders, and in doing so have cut crime in the area by […]

Skinny 16 years ago

Public Service and 5 weeks leave

30/05/2008 Skinny 4 Comments

Public servants who have been in the job for more than five years willl now be getting an extra week above the legal limit of 4 weeks. Already public servants appear to work a gentle forty hour week, with time off for family committments, and in most cases no requirement to achieve sales targets. How […]