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![TV station worker sacked over emails](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
TV station worker sacked over emails
A woman who was sacked from a TV station after posting "angry and abusive" emails on a social media site has been awarded more than $15,000 for unjustified dismissal.
![Kiwifruit businesses breach laws in Bay of Plenty](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwifruit businesses breach laws in Bay of Plenty
The Government's employment watchdog has taken enforcement action against eight employers in the Bay of Plenty Kiwifruit industry following breaches of minimum employment standards.
![Company failed to pay minimum wage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Company failed to pay minimum wage
A Christchurch construction company breached labour laws by failing to pay the minimum wage and keep employment records for workers.
![Defence Force employee awarded $70K](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Defence Force employee awarded $70K
A former financial controller for the NZDF will receive more than $70,000 in unpaid redundancy after winning an employment battle over an error in his contract.
![Future Auckland: School to shop floor](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Future Auckland: School to shop floor
Auckland is a great place - but it can be even better. In the second of our five-part Future Auckland series we aim to stimulate debate. Teuila Fuatai reports.
![Orchard to pay $134K over employee death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Orchard to pay $134K over employee death
An orchard company has been fined and ordered to pay reparation - totalling $134,500 - over the death of an employee.
![Boss's warning after theft of $146,000](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Boss's warning after theft of $146,000
An employer says he's embarrassed, but wants other business owners to beware, after one of his workers charged with handling - and monitoring - finances stole $146k.
![Radio manager's compo cut by 75%](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Radio manager's compo cut by 75%
A former radio manager who served trespass notices against company trustees has been awarded compensation, but had it cut by 75 per cent for 'bizarre behaviour'.
![Got right stuff? Rocket Lab wants you](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Got right stuff? Rocket Lab wants you
It IS rocket science - and Auckland-based Rocket Lab has about 35 jobs to fill as it shoots for it s first flight at the end of the year.
![$6K compo for nailgun victim too 'low'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
$6K compo for nailgun victim too 'low'
A framer who was shot in the chest with a nailgun by another employee has been awarded $6000 in compensation.
![Woman denied paid parental leave](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Woman denied paid parental leave
A woman has been told she would not receive paid parental leave as she failed to chase up her lost application.
![Overpaid caretakers to cough up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Overpaid caretakers to cough up
Two men employed by a high school in Otago have been ordered to repay the school's board following a Novopay error.
![Office worker awarded 10K for stress](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Office worker awarded 10K for stress
An office worker who became ill through workplace stress has been awarded $10,000 compensation after complaining of bullying and intimidation.
![Exploited IT worker gets $100K payout](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Exploited IT worker gets $100K payout
An Australian IT company that exploited a New Zealand worker for seven months has been ordered to pay him more than $100,000.
![Fired postie wins back job and $14K](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fired postie wins back job and $14K
A veteran postie who was wrongly sacked for failing to deliver 29 circulars has got his job back and has been awarded nearly $14,000 in back pay and compensation.
![Pepper-sprayed truckie unfairly sacked](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pepper-sprayed truckie unfairly sacked
A truck driver who was pepper-sprayed and arrested was unfairly sacked after police sent "prejudicial" information to his employer.
![Laid-off exec wins right to his bonus](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Laid-off exec wins right to his bonus
An IT firm has been ordered to fork out $16k to a former manager, despite declaring losses of more than $1 million.
![Fight to close the pay gap](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fight to close the pay gap
The Supreme Court has declined an employer leave to appeal over the pay of a female aged-care worker, in what has become a fight to close the pay gap with men.
![Seniors win right to keep on flying](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Seniors win right to keep on flying
A lawyer says an Employment Court ruling allowing two Kiwi airline pilots to continue flying until the age of 65 is ground-breaking.
![Pilots keep jobs after retirement row](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pilots keep jobs after retirement row
Two Kiwi pilots have won the right to stay in their jobs, after arguing that being forced to retire at the age of 55 was discrimination under New Zealand laws.
![Teacher under fire for negative remarks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Teacher under fire for negative remarks
A private boarding school's head of chemistry who wrote "disparaging" comments on student testimonials has been reinstated while an investigation is carried out.
![Woman to pay $5k in bottom slap case](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Woman to pay $5k in bottom slap case
A young woman whose bottom was slapped in "fun" by her boss has now been ordered to pay her former employer $5000 in costs in the case.
![Pyne Gould chair under fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pyne Gould chair under fire
Pyne Gould Corporation chairman Bryan Mogridge faced a barrage of investor questions around auditing delays at the company's annual meeting in Auckland yesterday.
![KiwiSaver: Tax number key to getting Oz super here](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
KiwiSaver: Tax number key to getting Oz super here
I've read a few articles about bringing Australian super across to KiwiSaver. I worked in Sydney for a year back in 2000.
![Fish and chip shop worker paid out for unjustified dismissal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fish and chip shop worker paid out for unjustified dismissal
A teenage girl has been awarded more than $3000 after she was found to be unjustifiably dismissed from her job at a fish and chip shop in Kaikoura.