Kiwis are unaware they're owed billions in back pay - and $1m a day is being written off, writes Sam Huggard.

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

COMMENT: Find a strong mentor. There's nothing like the wisdom from someone who has been there and back.

Carers take on Government in court appeal for a minimum wage.

Three top businesswoman have been inducted into the Business Hall of Fame for Women Entrepreneurs this evening.

A Christchurch plasterer was fired after his boss told him to return to work or to "show proof" his partner's grandmother was dying.

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

The New Zealand Association of Scientists says the Government needs to listen to the data.

A South Auckland youth worker sacked for assaulting a young offender must be reinstated, despite his employer having lost confidence and trust in him.

New Zealand is consistent in keeping mature workers in jobs for longer, PwC's Golden Age Index reveals.

After eight years, he ends up earning $27,000 more than his wife.

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

COMMENT: Here's some ideas for how to keep your cool when problems arise.

COMMENT: Is it democratic for a government to veto a bill when it has the support of a majority of MPs ?

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

Here are some of the most avoided conversations and how to prevent the need for them.

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

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.

Eight workers at a boarding school near Fielding have won a case involving hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The caregiver was regularly underpaid and worked overnight shifts for $50 cash.

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 former primary school employee is to pursue a claim of more than $60,000 of back pay for sleepover shifts she worked.

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