A dispute between Kim Dotcom and three of his former staff was settled out of court.

A woman was called a "black b****" and a "baby killer" at work.

A workplace dispute occurred after an employee received a text message about work from his boss on a Sunday.

Three store owners have been ordered to pay $20,000 each for allegedly organising Black Power members to intimidate witnesses in an employment dispute.

The South African High Commissioner has successfully invoked diplomatic immunity so can't be investigated for sacking a domestic worker.

A horticulture labour contracting business has been ordered to pay $428,000 for serious employment law breaches.

The operator of a Wellington sex shop has been ordered to pay two former employees nearly $27,000 in lost wages and compensation.

A Rotorua business has been ordered to pay a former employee $33,661 and pay $40,000 in penalties for not paying him.

A top Auckland football coach was sacked after just three weeks work due to his team's performance.

New Zealand Steel told a worker he couldn't take three days bereavement leave to attend the funeral of his whangai brother.

Five migrant workers weren't paid minimum wage for their work at an Auckland food court.

The manager messaged a co-worker calling her "sxy" and saying he was "head over heels" for her.

A Taranaki dairy farmer seriously breached employment law by not paying his workers minimum wage.

The two farm workers were unfairly dismissed before they'd stepped foot on the farm.

A former employee claims to be owed $100,000 in unpaid wages and holiday pay from a company that is in liquidation.

Boyd Nelson was dismissed from his role after he was seriously injured in the workplace and could no longer carry out his duties.

Trans hairdresser Dakota Hemmingson still hasn't seen any of the money awarded to her after she unfairly lost her job.

The Indian chef was awarded $31,400 in unpaid wages and reimbursed for $11,400 in "premiums" she paid.

A man has been ordered to pay $11,600 after he failed to pay some of his 50 migrant staff minimum wage.

A lawyer has been awarded over $67,000 after he was unfairly dismissed from his role.

The account manager was told by his doctor to stay off work for a month, but his boss said the company couldn't wait that long.

The Wellington grocery store didn't pay a migrant worker minimum wage and forced him to pay 'premiums' of more than $10,000.

A husband and wife were left with four children to take care of and no income.

A small business dismissed a poorly performing worker under the 90 day trial period policy, but got it wrong.

Envirowaste must pay a truck driver $32,300 after he was fired for a drug test that showed up positive for cannabis.

An employer has lost a bid for a stay of execution on an order to pay a former employee $23,000.

Two weeks has been set aside to decide Eden Group's claim in the Employment Court in November.

An office administrator bullied, abused and sexually harassed by her boss has been awarded $18,000 in compensation.

Dakota Hemmingson has been awarded $13,250 after being forced out of her job because of her transition.

A woman working on a farm owned by her father and stepmother was forced to leave after a heated argument.