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Burger King stung for underpaying staff member
The ERA found Burger King failed to pay a worker minimum wage on three occasions.
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More than 340,000 Kiwi workers expected to quit job this year
Bosses believe more than one in 10 workers will quit their job and move elsewhere.
Never type this in a work email
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Hope and job is what we need
COMMENT: Our history shows the necessity of well-paid jobs for all adults who want them.
NZ companies fail to underscore climate risk
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Move over Millennials – here comes Gen Z
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Over 50? Why employers don't want you
Older workers feeling discriminated against may have better luck under govt proposals.
Open-plan offices have work cut out
A new study should be the final nail for open-plan offices.
Topless tradie's $22K payout for unfair flirting sacking
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Big pay rises on the horizon, not
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Brian Fallow: Ratepayers need a break
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Tom O'Neil: CV more important than your passport
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Four-day week could help to ease Auckland's traffic woes
Spreading the traffic out over the day could lessen congestion.
The four-day work week: Could you do a 10-hour day?
It sounds great in theory, but will it work in practice?
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The signal more worrying than business confidence
Expansion in a key sector of the NZ economy has dropped to a five-year low.
There will be no winners in trade war - Chinese ambassador to NZ
COMMENT: China does not want to fight a trade war, nor will it initiate one.
Liam Dann: Trade war shock just what NZ didn't need
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