A husband and wife were left with four children to take care of and no income.

A small business dismissed a poorly performing worker under the 90 day trial period policy, but got it wrong.

Envirowaste must pay a truck driver $32,300 after he was fired for a drug test that showed up positive for cannabis.

An employer has lost a bid for a stay of execution on an order to pay a former employee $23,000.

Two weeks has been set aside to decide Eden Group's claim in the Employment Court in November.

An office administrator bullied, abused and sexually harassed by her boss has been awarded $18,000 in compensation.

Dakota Hemmingson has been awarded $13,250 after being forced out of her job because of her transition.

A woman working on a farm owned by her father and stepmother was forced to leave after a heated argument.

A trans woman says she was left "in shock" during a meeting with her boss in which she claims she was forced to resign after revealing she wanted to transition.

A migrant worker worked in bars and liquor stores in South Auckland and was underpaid $45,300.

Two Hawkes Bay dairy workers were incorrectly paid and forced to borrow cash to protect their jobs.

A worker was sent home and told to undergo a psychiatric assessment without consultation.

It is not a breach of name suppression rules to disclose a person's name and offending to their employer, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Two meat workers will be paid $38,700 after they suffered a backlash at work for distributing union material .

A North Shore bus driver acquitted of sexually assaulting passengers will get to keep $51,995 in backpay awarded by the Employment Court after Ritchies' appeal failed.

The hotel worker had $1000 unfairly taken from her wages after there were shortfalls in the gaming machines float.

The Ministry decided to reduce the pay of 6000 school support staff this year because of a payroll anomaly.

A man has been awarded $5000 after he was discriminated against by his former employer for his age and Asperger's Syndrome.

A transgender woman who claims she was forced out of her job at an Auckland barbershop has been cleared to pursue her claim of unjustified dismissal

A retired couple who worked at a caravan park in exchange for a free site were volunteers - not employees says the ERA.

A lab worker lost her job of 15 years after being wrongly accused of fraudulently filling out documents.

Workers weren't allowed time off, including a pregnant woman who was told she'd be laid off if she took maternity leave.

The boss said three days annual leave was conditional on working three Sundays, which the worker thought was unreasonable.

A hotel worker was awarded over $5000 for being unfairly dismissed after falling asleep during her shift.

A digger operator was awarded $23,000 after telling his boss he thought his co-workers were taking drugs.

Retail manager says she felt something was wrong with boss' interactions.

New Zealand Aluminium Smelters has lost its Court of Appeal bid to overturn an Employment Court decision on payment for statutory holidays that fell on a weekend.

The Employment Court has ruled Affco must allow 200 Wairoa freezing workers to return to their jobs.

The Employment Relations Authority has been critical of Vodafone's restructure process and penalised the company.