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Warehouse workers get pay boost

Students counsellor awarded $15,000 for wrongful dismissal

Shop owner accused of forging letter

The owner of an Auckland shoe shop has been accused of providing a false letter to the Employment Relations Authority to try to justify the dismissal of a worker.

Sacked principal battling to get his old job back

Former Bay of Islands College principal Elgin Edwards is fighting to get his job back, admitting he made mistakes running the school before being sacked last year.

Teenager's $35,000 payout

A 16-year-old labourer who hid in a toilet after being sexually harassed by his boss and co-workers at a Canterbury engineering firm has won a payout.

Hiding resthome worker gets $10k

A resthome worker dismissed after hiding behind a door when discovered with a gardener in a dead resident's flat has been awarded more than $10,000 for legal costs.

Lessons from Christchurch: Property investors come unstuck

Lessons from Christchurch: What's your Plan B?

Cowboy hat dispute led to dismissal

A woman who was dismissed from a cowboy-themed bar at Auckland's Viaduct Harbour, in part for not wearing her cowboy hat, has been awarded more than $12,000.

Most Kiwis happy with their jobs, survey shows

Kiwis are generally satisfied with their lot at work, but finding the right work/life balance is harder for employers and the self-employed, a survey has found.

Worker fired after emotional health deteriorated

A factory worker fired when her emotional health deteriorated after a colleague was accused of sexually assaulting her has won her job back.

Action filed in $4/hour restaurant case

Investigations into an Indian restaurant chain allegedly paying its staff less than $4 an hour has resulted in an action being filed with the ERA.

Nine hospital telephonists get backpay

Nine Whakatane Hospital telephonists will receive almost four years' backpay after an Employment Relations Authority ruling.

Man sacked for squirting high-pressure hose at colleague's face

Restaurant's $4 an hour wage claim

An Auckland restaurant chain alleged to have paid workers less than $4 an hour has been taken to the Employment Relations Authority.

Worker told: Beg for petrol

A bread delivery driver has been awarded $18,000 after being sacked for refusing his boss's orders to beg for petrol when he ran out of fuel while making his rounds.

Ramsey sued over workers' low pay

Kerre McIvor: Mean bid to deny a basic right

Kerre McIvor's first job as a journalist at the age of 18 was to report the outcome of a meeting between the management and the union at a freezing works company in Palmerston North.