Employee was fired after he collected empty bottles to recycle for cash.

Co-worker had accused him of smoking synthetic cannabis on site and sitting in the middle of the road.

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

Ritchies bus driver was suspended without pay when the accusation was made.

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

Employment Court found Affco unlawfully locked out meatworkers from collective bargaining.

An employee who took customer details to start a competing gas supply business has been ordered to pay millions in damages.

Kiwis companies, it seems, are liberal on the idea of employees with visible tattoos.

Chinese engineers are allegedly being paid $61 per day, well below NZ's minimum wage of $14.25 per hour.

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

Mr. Gemmell was suspended for refusing to move the toilet from his worksite.

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

Bartender gets payout after boss yelled at her and told her he "did not need her any longer".

Employed people have not always had a year of notable achievements to celebrate on Labour Day but this year they do.

A Tauranga bus driver with a hand disability, who was reprimanded numerous times by his bosses for driving with one hand, has lost his case.

New Zealand Aluminium Smelters and its workers have returned to court in their long-running dispute over how holidays are calculated and recognised.

Builder awarded $5000 after being dismissed over the phone.

Sub-contractors in the construction industry will still be able to get paid in the event of a Mainzeal-like collapse under a bill which passed into law this afternoon.

An employee that started her own competing business and took a key supplier from former business penalised $10,000.

Sweden is the first country to trial six-hour working days, following a study that outlines the risks of working longer.

New Zealand Steel's blue collar workforce has agreed to forego annual bonus payments during unprofitable years.

Turns out the millennial generation has some pretty high expectations from their employers.

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.

New Zealand employment confidence turned pessimistic in the third quarter and fell to a three-year low.

A decades-long employee of a transport firm will receive thousands in "distress compensation" after he was made redundant.

Legal high godfather Matt Bowden's company must pay a former employee more than $85,000.

A chef who was accused of inappropriately touching a pizza cook in a Canterbury restaurant was fired after several staff members allegedly refused to work with him.

Huge spillage at craft brewery cost $80,000 and described as a "crime of passion".

A report revealing the extent of bullying among surgeons has shocked the profession, and it is vowing to change.

A popular Christchurch buffet restaurant has been fined and slammed for mistreating its workers.