A bill banning zero-hour contracts without compensating the worker or without allowing the worker to turn down the work has been introduced to Parliament today.

A man has been fined more than $2000 after he carried out illegal work on his property- leaving exposed, live cables hanging from a ceiling.

Amid so much success in the tech industry, there is also a whiff of hubris - of which the lavish treatment of employees is just one symptom, writes Matthew Lynn.

Uber may look twice at contracts it has here in New Zealand if a US court rules its 200,000 Californian drivers are employees, not contractors.

About one thousand meatworkers at eight Affco plants in the North Island have voted to strike for two days.

It beggars belief that any nurses employed in public hospitals would be allowed to decline vaccinations against winter flu.

One worker has now been sacked for defying a new hard-line policy forcing unvaccinated Waikato District Health Board staff to get flu jabs or wear masks.

New Zealand could actively encourage the disclosure of serious wrongdoing by financially incentivising whistleblowers to make protected disclosures, writes Anthony Russell.

It's not all sweetness and light, but Air NZ's new industrial relations strategy is replacing decades of distrust, reports Grant Bradley.

'I'd really love my work if it wasn't for the office politics," says Amanda, who works in a central Auckland office.

Car groomers working for Matthew Ridge claim they were verbally attacked, but firm says it’s 'blackmail and extortion'.

A mushroom picker who was accused of stealing a colleague's mobile phone has won a case of unfair dismissal after his bosses failed to investigate the allegations properly.

Younger people often seem to have a natural understanding of how people are engaging in the marketplace writes Liam Dann.

Xero NZ's 27-year-old sales director Ben Richmond is setting his sights on becoming Prime Minister.

Unfair employment practices including zero-hours contracts are not going to be solved by National's latest measures, politicians and a union representative say.

New Zealanders grew more downcast about the state of the labour market in the second quarter, with a softer outlook for wage growth weighing on confidence.

A chef in a South Island tourist hot spot worked for around 60 hours per week and received about $1800 per month, some $660 less than he should have.

The former New Zealand boss of JPMorgan Chase will need to bring any claim against the bank in the District or High Court.

Former Invercargill MP and farmer Eric Roy has been appointed to the board of state-owned landowner Landcorp Farming.

The double digit rise in the average pay packets for New Zealand's top chief executives is likely to stir some controversy, writes Liam Dann.

A roast shop worker has received $5000 in compensation after her boss called her a b**ch on Facebook.

The owners of a liquor store who were found to have racially harassed an employee have lodged an appeal against the judgment, saying they weren't given a chance to defend the claims.

Call centre bosses who fired a woman shortly after she had a miscarriage have been told to pay up.

Labour continued to bay for Murray McCully’s blood in Parliament yesterday over the Saudi farm saga.

Hundreds of posties will lose their jobs when mail delivery days are slashed next month, but just one compulsory redundancy is expected.

A Nando's worker who was either not paid or underpaid for the six months he worked at the Christchurch restaurant has been awarded more than $16,000 in unpaid wages and costs.

Nurses, midwives and health care assistants at 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) have rejected a proposed collective agreement.