A fired nurse has claimed another $3500 in her battle with the Auckland District Health Board.

A Naked Bus driver who allegedly refused to let a woman go to the toilet - forcing her to urinate on the bus - was sacked over his treatment of passengers and dangerous driving.

A Wairarapa pub which tried to claim its courtesy van driver was a lonely volunteer looking for company has been ordered to pay the pensioner for his work.

Harvard Business School researchers find striking variances between the gender profiles of directors.

People having trouble at work may want to arm themselves with some expert information before hastily resigning or making a formal complaint to their employer.

Bosses should take note of reason for employee's quitting - and then act on it.

I am 56 years old and still work full time, but I have not yet joined KiwiSaver.

KiwiSavers who have taken a break can resume pay deductions any time by simply telling their employer.

A woman who was made redundant from a food company while on maternity leave has won her case for unfair dismissal and $32,000.

A hotel manager who said he worked 100-hour weeks and was owed more than $8000 has had his claim dismissed by the ERA.

A Christchurch businessman who conned insurers and investors out of $1.1 million after the devastating earthquakes has today been jailed for more than two years.

A restaurant worker has been awarded more than $30,000 in unpaid wages after she was underpaid for the hours she worked, and not paid at all for 11 weeks.

A Warehouse security guard who called a customer an "arrogant p****" and allegedly made a racist comment because they were white was wrongly dismissed.

Your mind is still at the beach, but your face may soon be staring at a screen of 300 unread emails. But it needn't all be glum.

A nurse who verbally abused patients, fell asleep on the job and spent hours surfing the web has won $2.5k compensation after being wrongly dismissed.

Workers pulling sickies are costing the economy millions of dollars but a business boss says the answer could be as simple as letting staff start late if they're nursing a Christmas party hangover.

A labour group monitoring three Chinese factories that make iPhones and other Apple products says once-oppressive working conditions have steadily improved in the last 18 months.

A pregnant solo mother sacked a week before Christmas for allegedly stealing a $35 T-shirt has been awarded almost $20,000 for wrongful dismissal.

Bosses are being urged to look at why workers are staying home sick, as a new report puts the cost of employee absences at $1.26b a year.

Can shareholder earnings be taken into account for a first home subsidy?