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Editorial: Judicial law rewrite isn't pay answer

Yesterday the Court of Appeal decided the act meant something more: that women have the right to be paid the same as men doing a different job if the work is comparable.

Security guard fired after allegedly blocking toilet access

Sky City card dealer not constructively dismissed

Guard fired over 'p****' insult reinstated

A Warehouse security officer who was sacked for allegedly calling a customer an "arrogant p****" has won her job back.

IT worker awarded $30k after seven months of exploitation

CEO pay ratio rules in the spotlight

Most people have no idea how much money chief executives make compared with the average worker.

Where are the highly paid women?

One of the main trends coming through from this year's pay survey is the lack of women in the list of top-paid chief executives. So where are they?

Tutor fired for sending inmate postcard

A prison tutor was justifiably dismissed from work after she sent an inmate a postcard while she was overseas.

Your money: How to ask for a pay rise

Tamsyn Parker writes: We're living in a "rock star" economy, even Finance Minister Bill English reckons we should all be in line for a pay rise. But how do you broach the subject?

Deeply sorry over 'kia ora'

The chief executive of the KiwiYo company says he is deeply sorry that a Whangarei teenager quit her job after she was told not to greet customers with a traditional "kia ora".

Unfair sacking after row over gossiping

A man was unfairly sacked from his father's company after a row about gossiping, the Employment Relations Authority says.

Student union manager sacked

Auckland University's student union was justified in sacking its general manager for financial mismanagement involving a loan to cover $1.4m in debt, a court has ruled.

Shift gear to get job back on track

Most of us will experience career dissatisfaction some time in our working life, but working life doesn't have to be this way

Failure to deliver gets postie sack

An Auckland postie who left thousands of letters undelivered has been dismissed by New Zealand Post.

Judge tells PGC to reveal data on bonuses

Pyne Gould Corporation has been forced to disclose documents to the company's former financial controller, who is fighting it over a bonus worth $140,000.

Teacher awarded $18k after work relationship broke down

Alleged pan-flinger's pay bid fails

A chef who walked off the job after a heated morning in which she allegedly threw a pan and reduced a staff member to tears has failed in her bid to claim more pay.

12,000 health workers vote to strike

Nearly 12,000 unionised health workers have voted in favour of taking industrial action, after they were offered an "insulting" pay increase, the Public Service Association says.