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How idleness at work became an epidemic

Are you 'soldiering' or slacking? A taboo is finally being broken.

Tax and the blurred lines around 'business' expenses

Sasha Borissenko presents a tax guide for the self-employed.

Today FM lawsuits tipped, expert believes shutdown may have been a 'sham'

Staff at the talkback radio station were gutted and brought to tears.

The 30 minutes of chaos that took Today FM off air

Programming started as usual, but then things took a turn.

Underpaid interns: Meal-kit company Woop ordered to pay $43K

Meal kit company Woop underpaid six students by paying them for 20 hours instead of 40.

London Heathrow security guards to strike for 10 days over Easter

It's the latest in mass UK strikes and will cause chaos over busy Easter travel period.

Macron pushes French pension age reform through, bypassing parliament

President invoked special power to raise pension age from 62 to 64, but pushback likely.

Teachers' strike: Minister wants it settled but more strikes not off the table

Tens of thousands of teachers took to streets around the country in protest today.

Teachers' strike 'biggest in NZ education history', Minister seeks solutions

Schools and kindergartens are today closed with the strike action going nationwide.

'Close call': Mental health worker sacked after refusing vaccine awarded $43,000

The woman had a 'sound' reason to refuse the jab, the authority said.

90-day trial botch-up: Doggy daycare fined after firing young woman

DogHQ in Albany said they were advised they could extend the 90-day trial - they couldn't.

'Culture of bullying': Calendar Girls dancers take protest to Parliament

Nineteen dancers working for Wellington's Calendar Girls were told not to come back.

Unvaccinated worker told he read too much bulls**t on internet

Worker claims boss said he was brainwashed and read too much bulls*** on the internet.

Opinion: Redundancy? No thank you.

David Grindle says employers are obligated to redeploy staff impacted by restructuring.

Listen to us: Union seeks court's help in forcing management to listen

It's the first time a union has been found in breach of good faith bargaining.

Employee sacked while on ACC wins $58k for unfair dismissal

Tovio Ugone was blamed for taking time off work to recover from a workplace injury.

New Health Minister at odds over staff levels at Middlemore

Dr Ayesha Verrall says she expects improvements to staffing levels at Middlemore Hospital.

Editorial: Social insurance scheme had best intentions but too complex

Editorial: It's not surprising the $3.5 billion proposal is "off the table" for now.