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Super value: Giving KiwiSaver a push
Simon Collins reports on ways compulsory retirement saving could be made fairer.

Employment law and ACC changes spark anger
Legislative changes effective today were met with a vocal response.

CTU urges Christchurch business not to be hasty in shutting up shop
The Council of Trade Unions is urging Christchurch businesses not to make hasty decisions about closing down permanently.

NZIER 90-day research fatally flawed, says union
Research showing the 90-day trial law had helped more people get work in small firms is 'fatally flawed' says the Council of Trade Unions.

70pc of NZ workers looking for new jobs
Workers go looking for a new job for a different challenge or because they feel unappreciated, a survey has found.

Key had urged pay freeze for MPs
MPs were given a 1.4 per cent pay rise despite Prime Minister John Key urging the Remuneration Authority to freeze their salaries.

Meat workers pay not docked - CEO
Silver Ferns Farms has hit back at complaints that workers at its Te Aroha plant had their pay deducted for observing a two-minute silence to remember the Pike River miners.

Pay cut for two-minute silence
Staff at a North Island freezing works had their pay cut for the official two-minute silence to remember the 29 miners killed in the Pike River mine.

The Big Picture
Taxpayers have paid $500m-plus to subsidise big-budget movie makers. Is it money well spent, asks Karyn Scherer.