EmploymentMan to pay $100k after firing wifeA man has been ordered to pay his ex-wife and business partner more than $100,000 after their relationship ended and she was sacked.05 Nov 01:15 AM
AirlinesAirline caterer to pay rival $25KAn airline catering company has been ordered pay its rival $25,000 after the Supreme Court threw out an appeal over holiday pay and other staff entitlements.04 Nov 11:41 PM
New Zealand$30k payout for firingAwoman sacked by email shortly before her 90-day trial period ended has been awarded more than $30,000.01 Nov 04:00 PM
EmploymentGovt passes 'tea-break' billA law which takes away the legal right to a tea break and weakens collective bargaining has taken line honours as the first law change passed in National’s third term.30 Oct 04:49 AM
Employment'Tea-break' bill almost lawThe Government's Employment Relations Amendment Bill is best known for its removal of guaranteed rest and meal breaks. What else does it do?28 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionEditorial: Judicial law rewrite isn't pay answerYesterday 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.28 Oct 04:00 PM
RetailGuard fired over 'p****' insult reinstatedA Warehouse security officer who was sacked for allegedly calling a customer an "arrogant p****" has won her job back.16 Oct 02:33 AM
EmploymentCEO pay ratio rules in the spotlightMost people have no idea how much money chief executives make compared with the average worker.30 Sep 02:52 AM
EmploymentWhere 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?29 Sep 04:00 PM
New ZealandTutor fired for sending inmate postcardA prison tutor was justifiably dismissed from work after she sent an inmate a postcard while she was overseas.29 Sep 04:51 AM
EmploymentYour money: How to ask for a pay riseTamsyn 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?28 Sep 04:00 PM
New ZealandWarehouse worker stuck at cold deskAn administrator at Bunnings Warehouse who sat through the winter months at a desk in a warehouse that got down to 6C has been awarded compensation.25 Sep 01:53 AM
EmploymentFired construction worker awarded $40kA construction worker recruited from England to work on the Christchurch rebuild has been awarded almost $40,000 after he was found to have been unjustifiably dismissed.24 Sep 12:56 AM
EmploymentWhen co-workers meltdown'The hardest thing for me after my mum died was going back to work," says Barbara (not her real name).23 Sep 05:00 PM
Small BusinessYour Business: Hiring right with Lorraine Warren, Massey UniversityYour Business editor Caitlin Sykes talks with Massey University Professor Lorraine Warren about hiring staff.16 Sep 02:00 AM
Small BusinessMystical penguin? Firing up job titlesTraditional, boring job titles are being ditched for quirky names such as head of moving things, chief of exciting opportunities or prince of marketing.14 Sep 05:00 PM
EmploymentSmoothing path to working worldWhen thousands of university students graduate each year with shiny new degrees, competition for the best graduate jobs and internships can be fierce.26 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandDeeply 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".22 Aug 10:00 PM
EmploymentUnfair sacking after row over gossipingA man was unfairly sacked from his father's company after a row about gossiping, the Employment Relations Authority says.22 Aug 05:25 AM
New ZealandStudent union manager sackedAuckland 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.20 Aug 07:27 AM
EmploymentShift gear to get job back on trackMost of us will experience career dissatisfaction some time in our working life, but working life doesn't have to be this way12 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandFailure to deliver gets postie sackAn Auckland postie who left thousands of letters undelivered has been dismissed by New Zealand Post.11 Aug 05:00 PM
EmploymentJudge tells PGC to reveal data on bonusesPyne Gould Corporation has been forced to disclose documents to the company's former financial controller, who is fighting it over a bonus worth $140,000.10 Aug 05:00 PM
Small BusinessAlleged pan-flinger's pay bid failsA 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.06 Aug 09:55 PM
