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‘Never an employee’: Driver’s claim for unjust dismissal dismissed

Employment offer withdrawn after conditions unmet; man loses compensation bid.

Immigration border staff to strike on New Year’s Eve

It will include about 100 union members not doing unpaid work, and taking breaks together.

Soft skills key: Expert predicts job market trends for 2025

Soft skills are increasingly in demand as artificial intelligence takes over hard skills.

NZ Defence Force admits cost-cutting could affect 'fitness to deploy'

The New Zealand Defence force has a budget shortfall of $130 million.

ProLink calls in liquidator, 190 laid off a week before Christmas

'This is just so sad, just before Christmas' - liquidator Pritesh Patel on ProLink NZ.

Opinion: Barriers hindering Māori and Pasifika in workplace

OPINION: One-third of Māori, Pasifika report career barriers; equity boosts innovation.

Global mental health crisis hits workplaces

Financial Times: Billions of working days lost to burnout, depression, anxiety each year.

Minimum wage rate to go up by 1.5% next year: Unions, EMA react

'Unfair and unequal' or suitable for a sluggish economy?

Review suggests hiring fewer new cops for further cost savings

The review, published by Treasury, said police were facing cost pressures.

Big blue wants people: 400 Ikea staff needed next year

'We need a big team due to the way we will run operations in New Zealand'.

'Shameful': Health NZ planning to cut nearly 1500 more jobs, union claims

Staff have been called into meetings today to discuss the proposal.

Seventy-hour weeks and no pay: Worker's nightmare in NZ superette

The worker logged 437 hours in five weeks - all of which was unpaid.

'A lot of angry people': Workers at NZ's largest paper mill told of plans to halt production

Many workers chose to walk out of a meeting at Kinleith Mill this morning.

Stealth firing or ethical dismissal? Why employers terminate staff for minor offences

Financial Times: Amazon, Meta among those taking contentious hard line on conduct.

Boeing expects post-strike output recovery to take several weeks

Restarting the Boeing manufacturing line is a complicated process.

Opinion: Redefining success in an evolving world

OPINION: A top-down leadership mindset is quickly fading into obsolescence.