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.

A task force has been given $32 million of government funding to crack down on underpayment of workers in South Auckland.

A Christchurch woman who was accused of sexually harassing a fellow employee has been awarded $8000 in lost wages and compensation.

The driver was fired after being accused of sexually assaulting a passenger He was later found not guilty.

Dry-cleaning worker claimed she was told she could not wear pants to work and was criticised and threatened after rolling her eyes.

A winter storm caused a chill in workplace relations between two people working in close quarters.

The ERA ordered a dismissed employee to pay a penalty of $3000 after breaching confidentiality on Facebook

A man fired after racking up a $23k bill on his work phone and returning to work late from a holiday was justifiably dismissed, the ERA has found.

A man sexually harassed by his boss at a Wellington hostel has been awarded more than $35,000 after being sacked for complaining about the treatment.

A Fijian woman denied paid parental leave after adopting a baby from her home country has had the decision reversed by the Employment Relations Authority.

A Nando's worker who was either not paid or underpaid for the six months he worked at the Christchurch restaurant has been awarded more than $16,000 in unpaid wages and costs.

A shop worker who was fired and reported to police for taking home a magazine has been awarded more than $9000 in compensation.

The manager of a council pool in Lower Hutt who was fired after failing a drug test has won the right to go back to work for now.

A man will have to fork out $2500 after sending disparaging texts to a former manager that called a co-worker a "sycophantic sociopath".