As New Zealand slips down the world ladder in terms of gender pay equality, the YWCA is fighting back by awarding companies showing fair pay practices.

A pizzeria has come to the rescue of Luca Cicioni, the tourist who lasted one day in his forklift job after saying "hi darling" to his boss.

The practice of New Zealanders in their 20s throwing caution to the wind and heading off to London on working holidays is no longer such a cultural phenomenon.

An Italian forklift driver has lost his job after greeting his female manager with the words "hi darling".

The rail workers' union claims more than two dozen Chinese engineers could still be being exploited in New Zealand.

A male dominated workplace could cause dangerous levels of stress in women, according to researchers.

A former assistant director at then Serco-run Mt Eden Prison disputed a report in yesterday's Herald that he was dismissed for refusing to take a workplace drug test

Pak'n Save worker stormed off the job after colleague said "good morning" to him, following an agreement the two men would not speak to each other in the workplace.

Entrepreneurial businesses are constantly thinking of ways to change the working environment, in the hope of creating a more inspiring, productive, cost-effective workplace. The end game is more engaged workers and a better bottom line.

Amid so much success in the tech industry, there is also a whiff of hubris - of which the lavish treatment of employees is just one symptom, writes Matthew Lynn.

Uber may look twice at contracts it has here in New Zealand if a US court rules its 200,000 Californian drivers are employees, not contractors.

About one thousand meatworkers at eight Affco plants in the North Island have voted to strike for two days.

It beggars belief that any nurses employed in public hospitals would be allowed to decline vaccinations against winter flu.

One worker has now been sacked for defying a new hard-line policy forcing unvaccinated Waikato District Health Board staff to get flu jabs or wear masks.

New Zealand could actively encourage the disclosure of serious wrongdoing by financially incentivising whistleblowers to make protected disclosures, writes Anthony Russell.

Union chief says he received a tip that hundreds of Westpac staff face losing their jobs.

IRD staff are being hauled before their manager if they have even one day off ill, as the tax agency grapples with its high level of sick leave.

Car groomers working for Matthew Ridge claim they were verbally attacked, but firm says it’s 'blackmail and extortion'.

A mushroom picker who was accused of stealing a colleague's mobile phone has won a case of unfair dismissal after his bosses failed to investigate the allegations properly.

Younger people often seem to have a natural understanding of how people are engaging in the marketplace writes Liam Dann.

Xero NZ's 27-year-old sales director Ben Richmond is setting his sights on becoming Prime Minister.

Unfair employment practices including zero-hours contracts are not going to be solved by National's latest measures, politicians and a union representative say.

New Zealanders grew more downcast about the state of the labour market in the second quarter, with a softer outlook for wage growth weighing on confidence.

A chef in a South Island tourist hot spot worked for around 60 hours per week and received about $1800 per month, some $660 less than he should have.

A teenage girl who earned less than $2 an hour for waitressing because she was deemed to be a volunteer has won a ruling that says she was an employee.

An Auckland mother was told that having her kids in daycare could affect her job prospects because she would need too many sick days to care for them.

The former New Zealand boss of JPMorgan Chase will need to bring any claim against the bank in the District or High Court.

Former Invercargill MP and farmer Eric Roy has been appointed to the board of state-owned landowner Landcorp Farming.