Mr. Gemmell was suspended for refusing to move the toilet from his worksite.

The ERA ordered a dismissed employee to pay a penalty of $3000 after breaching confidentiality on Facebook

Bartender gets payout after boss yelled at her and told her he "did not need her any longer".

Employed people have not always had a year of notable achievements to celebrate on Labour Day but this year they do.

A Tauranga bus driver with a hand disability, who was reprimanded numerous times by his bosses for driving with one hand, has lost his case.

New Zealand Aluminium Smelters and its workers have returned to court in their long-running dispute over how holidays are calculated and recognised.

Builder awarded $5000 after being dismissed over the phone.

Sub-contractors in the construction industry will still be able to get paid in the event of a Mainzeal-like collapse under a bill which passed into law this afternoon.

The saga over unpaid wages at North Shore Masala has affected unrelated restaurants.

Sweden is the first country to trial six-hour working days, following a study that outlines the risks of working longer.

New Zealand Steel's blue collar workforce has agreed to forego annual bonus payments during unprofitable years.

Turns out the millennial generation has some pretty high expectations from their employers.

A man fired after racking up a $23k bill on his work phone and returning to work late from a holiday was justifiably dismissed, the ERA has found.

New Zealand employment confidence turned pessimistic in the third quarter and fell to a three-year low.

A decades-long employee of a transport firm will receive thousands in "distress compensation" after he was made redundant.

Legal high godfather Matt Bowden's company must pay a former employee more than $85,000.

A chef who was accused of inappropriately touching a pizza cook in a Canterbury restaurant was fired after several staff members allegedly refused to work with him.

Huge spillage at craft brewery cost $80,000 and described as a "crime of passion".

Two managers of popular Auckland Indian restaurant chain Masala have admitted underpaying workers.

A man sexually harassed by his boss at a Wellington hostel has been awarded more than $35,000 after being sacked for complaining about the treatment.

People are struggling to figure out how to fit everything into their lives. How do they manage work, families, community, and leisure?

As New Zealand slips down the world ladder in terms of gender pay equality, the YWCA is fighting back by awarding companies showing fair pay practices.

A pizzeria has come to the rescue of Luca Cicioni, the tourist who lasted one day in his forklift job after saying "hi darling" to his boss.

The practice of New Zealanders in their 20s throwing caution to the wind and heading off to London on working holidays is no longer such a cultural phenomenon.

An Italian forklift driver has lost his job after greeting his female manager with the words "hi darling".

The rail workers' union claims more than two dozen Chinese engineers could still be being exploited in New Zealand.

A male dominated workplace could cause dangerous levels of stress in women, according to researchers.

A former assistant director at then Serco-run Mt Eden Prison disputed a report in yesterday's Herald that he was dismissed for refusing to take a workplace drug test

Pak'n Save worker stormed off the job after colleague said "good morning" to him, following an agreement the two men would not speak to each other in the workplace.

Entrepreneurial businesses are constantly thinking of ways to change the working environment, in the hope of creating a more inspiring, productive, cost-effective workplace. The end game is more engaged workers and a better bottom line.