When thousands of university students graduate each year with shiny new degrees, competition for the best graduate jobs and internships can be fierce.

The chief executive of the KiwiYo company says he is deeply sorry that a Whangarei teenager quit her job after she was told not to greet customers with a traditional "kia ora".

A man was unfairly sacked from his father's company after a row about gossiping, the Employment Relations Authority says.

Auckland University's student union was justified in sacking its general manager for financial mismanagement involving a loan to cover $1.4m in debt, a court has ruled.

Most of us will experience career dissatisfaction some time in our working life, but working life doesn't have to be this way

An Auckland postie who left thousands of letters undelivered has been dismissed by New Zealand Post.

Pyne Gould Corporation has been forced to disclose documents to the company's former financial controller, who is fighting it over a bonus worth $140,000.

A chef who walked off the job after a heated morning in which she allegedly threw a pan and reduced a staff member to tears has failed in her bid to claim more pay.

If you're in the office today, chances are somebody has annoyed you. In no particular order, here are seven of the most irritating habits of co-workers.

With so many people choosing to head off overseas for work it is good to check out how easy it is to bring any superannuation savings back with you when you return.

A woman who adopted a child has won the right to paid parental leave, after being told by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment that she wasn't eligible.

A hotel that reportedly didn't pay one of its workers for nearly six months, underpaid her husband, and withheld wages from both, has to pay the couple nearly $80,000.

A cleaner who reportedly told her boss she would send someone to him and the visit "wouldn't be nice" if he did not pay her was wrongly fired, the ERA has found.

A former chef at an Auckland cafe has been awarded more than $50,000 in unpaid wages and compensation for unjustified dismissal.

A permanent ban against a former shareholder of a budget sunglasses distributor from working in a similar New Zealand business is void, according to a High Court judge.

A joinery worker who repeatedly refused to wear safety equipment and yelled obscenities at his boss was justifiably sacked, the Employment Relations Authority has ruled.

A former employee of Flight Centre who dishonestly accessed a computer system to fund a "lavish lifestyle" has been sentenced to five months' home detention.

A business which failed to pay its employees the minimum wage and chose to pay workers in beer on Saturdays has been ordered to pay a former employee more than $12,000.

A "hot-tempered" KiwiRail worker accused of slashing another staff member's car tyres was rightly fired, it has been ruled.

A construction worker who claims to have failed a workplace drug test due to eating cupcakes he did not realise were laced with cannabis has failed to have his job reinstated.

Tight budgets and heavy workloads are being blamed the "record levels" of personal grievances being laid by police employees.

A Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment report this month says amendments to the Employment Relations Act and the Holidays Act that the Govt made in 2011 have achieved some of their policy objectives in the short term.

Statistics show that the so-called "black sheep of the family" is neither rare nor endangered.

A man who posed as a licensed immigration adviser and took money from vulnerable would-be migrants is appealing against his sentence.

A barber was "genuinely fearful" of remaining in the presence of an employer who regularly made fun of him and told him "I hate white people".

About 100 staff and supporters picketed "super ministry" the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (Mbie) this morning in a noisy protest over stalled pay talks.