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'Pissed off' bar owner who sacked bouncer during Covid isolation forced to cough up $18k

The employer first said the job was abandoned, before making the bouncer redundant.

Explainer: How Auckland shooter was considered 'low risk'

Nothing suggested the gunman would be a danger to the general public.

Exploitation of immigrant worker costs kebab store owner $48k

The boss told a worker he ‘did not believe in that stuff’ when queried about holiday pay.

Employer’s guilty plea after scaffolder lost both arms in workplace accident

The company could be fined up to $1.5 million at sentencing in November.

Editorial: Covid-enforced hybrid work adaptations ongoing

OPINION: The impacts of working from home are being analysed worldwide.

MPs lack appetite to improve Parliament workplace

Four years after her original review, Debbie Francis said Parliament still needs change.

Auckland CBD shooting: 'People feeling vulnerable and distressed'

Building bosses support staff: "We’re getting Mates in Construction to talk to everyone."

CBD shooting building site one of NZ’s biggest construction projects

Shooting took place in the heart of a busy transport and office hub.

220 jobs to go as long-established retailer confirms closure

Retailer H & J Smith calls time on its long-running department store business.

Watch: Need a 'duvet day'? How to handle anxiety at work

Different people have different ways of managing anxiety at work.

Affco fined $500,000 over worker’s ‘wholly avoidable’ death in freezer

A frame full of offal cartons fell and fatally crushed Alfred Edwards.

More human remains found at Pike River: 'They may even be my boy' - father

Latest find means 12 of the 29 men killed in 2010 disaster have now been located.

John Langley: Breaking the bruising cycle over teachers’ pay

OPINION: Why butt heads over wage negotiations every two or three years?

'Negligent': Booze baron caused delays in improving worker conditions

A liquor baron must pay $87,000 for failing to action improved worker conditions.

Victoria University confirms 229 jobs on the line, courses may be axed

More than 300 people attended a protest in Wellington today.

Workplace spycam: Assistant manager of pub secretly filmed female workers changing

The five victims say they were distraught, angry, hurt, betrayed and disgusted.