Politicians and unions are calling on the Government to move public holidays that fall on weekends to Monday as workers face losing two days off in 2011.

The Govt has been criticised for saying the 90-day trial period would be voluntary, and then asking for it to be on all public sector contracts.

Often people I meet seem genuinely curious about what it's like to work in the advertising industry.

A Rimutaka prison guard has been denied the chance to challenge a determination of the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) after he was fired for serious misconduct.

Bernie Monk knew his son was dead as soon as the Pike River Coal mine exploded on November 19. But there are others who are still clinging to hope that their loved ones are buried alive in the remote South Island mine.

Peter Dunne has defended the timing of the announcement of eight job losses at the IRD in Greymouth.

More than 50 sawmill workers at two North Island sawmills have been told they will lose their jobs.

A grieving father and spokesman for families of the 29 men killed in the Pike River Coal mine says he's "gutted" for the Pike River workers made redundant after the company went into receivership.

Air NZ has been ordered for a second time to reinstate a flight attendant sacked for sitting down during turbulence. The Employment Court ruled Randall Wulff's firing was unfair and "unjustifiable".

Pike River has rejected claims management was not approachable for staff with safety concerns before the November 19 blast.

The Ministry of Education and the primary teachers and principals' union have reached an agreement on collective contracts.