Government figures are meeting with unions in Tasmania, as the scrapping of a public sector wage freeze means more jobs will be cut.

The Tasmanian branch of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) says health and education will be hit the hardest by moves to cut 500 additional jobs.

The CPSU has been negotiating this week, and says the toll sits at about 200 health jobs, 186 education jobs, 29 primary industry and environment jobs, 23 justice department jobs and 18 police jobs.

A leaked email recently suggested Treasury staff could soon be cut too. 

The State Government continues to refuse to give details on the additional “savings task” for each department.

Reports say they will amount to 500 full-time jobs overall, and will be on top of the 700 job cuts announced in August.

Departments were tasked with finding more saving after a proposed pay freeze deal was rejected. Several have now been told they must find an additional $50 million in savings.

There are warnings about the risk of cutting so deeply into health and education.

As it currently stands, the Education Department will have to remove the equivalent of one full-time teacher out of every school, though the cuts are meant to target “backroom” roles first.