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Bedding worker's wife may end in court

A farm manager is considering employment action against his boss after discovering he was having an affair with his wife.

Kiwi stable as Thanksgiving eases trading

The New Zealand dollar was largely unchanged heading into the week's close as the Thanksgiving holiday in the US sapped trading activity.

Man killed in workplace incident named

Police believe John Douglas Howe was struck by a truck in the driveway in South Auckland on Wednesday.

Brian Fallow: Breathing life into carbon fight

Households and most businesses face higher power and fuel bills under proposed changes to the emissions trading scheme.

Deloitte Top 200: The quiet revolution

Managers and company directors are increasingly being held legally responsible for the actions of others writes Travis Atkinson.

Company charged after man buried

His workmates frantically tried to dig him out but he died at the scene.

NZ dollar little changed as US data meets expectations

Party pill godfather owes $3.5m

The man who introduced legal highs to New Zealand could face bankruptcy action.

Workplace death in South Auckland

A 54-year-old man died in a workplace accident in South Auckland this afternoon.

Liam Dann: Counting cranes with the kids

Liam Dann asks, when do we reach peak cranes? At what point do the silhouettes on the skyline become an ominous warning of an impending economic crash rather than a sign of economic confidence?

NZ dollar rises to month-high vs. euro after Draghi stokes stimulus bets

Walmart worker fired for collecting bottles

Employee was fired after he collected empty bottles to recycle for cash.

Politics and work a murky area

Vocal expression of opinions in the office can cause problems for bosses as well as workers.

New kind of bean counter at work

Coffee is big business and high-end firms are competing to be the one that provides the best for their staff.

Kiwi dollar lifts as US interest rises slowly

The New Zealand dollar is heading for a 0.6 per cent gain this week as the prospect of US interest rates grind higher at a slower pace than expected.

Man slips in vomit, runs own head over

A man who died in a grader accident was unwell and threw up in the cab before slipping in his vomit, falling out of the machine and running himself over: coroner.

Worker unfairly fired for cannabis claim

Co-worker had accused him of smoking synthetic cannabis on site and sitting in the middle of the road.

Pike River: 'Workplace attitudes need to change'

This week's anniversary of the Pike River mining disaster has sparked the need for workplace health and safety attitudes to change.