The written word can have a significant impact - and often a more far reaching or greater impact than was intended and foreseen.

Air NZ is unhappy about the suppression of the name and employer of an airline pilot fighting to keep his job after he was sacked amid allegations of alcohol and drug abuse.

The departure of Capital Coast District Health Board chief executive Ken Whelan because of pressure to cut costs will not be the last, Labour MP Ruth Dyson says.

An airline pilot has been grounded and is under investigation after allegations of alcohol and drug abuse, including the suspected supply of an illegal substance to a female cabin attendant.

Serious misconduct? Or was Carter speaking his mind and voicing his views?

Financial advisers will no longer have to dob each other in for ethical breaches under a completed version of a draft code of conduct.

Escalating tensions between unions and the Government signal a fall in New Zealand's international standing and a return to the days of class struggles.

The CTU says it will no longer co-operate with the Govt on trade issues in response to looming employment law changes.

Help and training is better than a legislation for 90-day trials and clampdowns on sickies, writes Tapu Misa.

Unions are warning of heated collective contract talks on the horizon.

Andrew Little writes that changes to laws that take away workers' rights are unfair and unjust.

An Auckland restaurateur jailed for kidnapping two of his workers has been ordered to pay more than $75k.

Staff at Auckland's five-star Westin hotel have all been re-employed on new contracts but can be fired at a week's notice.