Meta to lay off 3600 employees in performance-based cuts
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David Jones reports improving result in 2024 accounts
Luxury-brand retailer still made a loss in 2024, but had a small improvement.
‘Never an employee’: Driver’s claim for unjust dismissal dismissed
Employment offer withdrawn after conditions unmet; man loses compensation bid.
Immigration border staff to strike on New Year’s Eve
It will include about 100 union members not doing unpaid work, and taking breaks together.
Soft skills key: Expert predicts job market trends for 2025
Soft skills are increasingly in demand as artificial intelligence takes over hard skills.
NZ Defence Force admits cost-cutting could affect 'fitness to deploy'
The New Zealand Defence force has a budget shortfall of $130 million.
ProLink calls in liquidator, 190 laid off a week before Christmas
'This is just so sad, just before Christmas' - liquidator Pritesh Patel on ProLink NZ.
Opinion: Barriers hindering Māori and Pasifika in workplace
OPINION: One-third of Māori, Pasifika report career barriers; equity boosts innovation.
Global mental health crisis hits workplaces
Financial Times: Billions of working days lost to burnout, depression, anxiety each year.
Minimum wage rate to go up by 1.5% next year: Unions, EMA react
'Unfair and unequal' or suitable for a sluggish economy?
'Best estimate': Company told to put $4.5m on hold as redundancy payout dispute continues
Channel Infrastructure laid off 121 workers - and it's turned into a lengthy legal battle.
Public servants offered support to retire or move to Australia amid job cuts
An internal document describes retirement as 'your next work-life balance adventure'.
Embattled businessman under investigation for new Waiheke bike business
'I didn’t mutate into an animal or Gremlin overnight,' Hoff-Nielsen said.
Govt plans to reintroduce pay deductions for partial strikes
Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden says disruption should have consequences.
Ruthi Bommoju: How to avoid costly mistakes in restructuring staff
OPINION: If employers don't follow correct processes, a personal grievance case can ensue.
Aggrieved by your employer, but also in the wrong? Your payout could be wiped
Brooke van Velden details employment law change flagged in National-Act agreement.
Nick Mowbray: Unjustified dismissal overhaul makes sense for these reasons
OPINION: The current system is too often abused for frivolous or sneaky claims.
Dame Theresa Gattung: Why the 8.2% gender pay gap matters for all Kiwis
OPINION: A new toolkit aims to tackle the gender pay gap in New Zealand.
Can workers say no to controversial headsets?
Headsets reportedly dictate a toilet break, assign jobs and rank performance.
Review suggests hiring fewer new cops for further cost savings
The review, published by Treasury, said police were facing cost pressures.
Big blue wants people: 400 Ikea staff needed next year
'We need a big team due to the way we will run operations in New Zealand'.
'Shameful': Health NZ planning to cut nearly 1500 more jobs, union claims
Staff have been called into meetings today to discuss the proposal.
Seventy-hour weeks and no pay: Worker's nightmare in NZ superette
The worker logged 437 hours in five weeks - all of which was unpaid.
'A lot of angry people': Workers at NZ's largest paper mill told of plans to halt production
Many workers chose to walk out of a meeting at Kinleith Mill this morning.
Stealth firing or ethical dismissal? Why employers terminate staff for minor offences
Financial Times: Amazon, Meta among those taking contentious hard line on conduct.
Boeing expects post-strike output recovery to take several weeks
Restarting the Boeing manufacturing line is a complicated process.
Opinion: Redefining success in an evolving world
OPINION: A top-down leadership mindset is quickly fading into obsolescence.
Boeing union approves contract, ending lengthy and expensive strike
New deal includes a 38% wage hike.
Opinion: An employment expert’s guide to lowering legal risks of debaucherous Christmas parties
OPINION: Work party shenanigans can cause HR headaches, but solutions are available.
Want free healthcare or petrol with your job? Kiwi overhauls employee benefits platform
A plan to help make employees healthier has grown more complex.
Alan McDonald: Holidays Act reform – let’s get it done once, and done right
OPINION: The Holidays Act has long been in need of reform.
Christian Hoff-Nielsen on why he's back in the bike business after scandal
'I didn’t mutate into an animal or Gremlin overnight,' Hoff-Nielsen said.
Striking Boeing machinists consider deal that includes 35% pay hike
Hundreds of striking workers have forced the company back to negotiations.
More Kiwis take out Australian passports in record 'brain drain'
New Zealand is currently experiencing record levels of outward migration.