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Aged care's low-paid workforce
Caregivers do tasks few could stomach, often for minimal wages, report Simon Collins and Martin Johnston.

Workplace bullying can cause real harm
Workplace bullying is harmful and someone who is being bullied should not accept it as something "normal", writes Val Leveson.

Volcanic fallout over money loss
A property developer who went bankrupt owing $32m is being taken to the Employment Relations Authority by a former employee for more than $1m.

Ex-PGC managing director not entitled to payout
Former Pyne Gould Corporation managing director John Duncan is not entitled to $880,000 worth of bonus shares or redundancy pay and has only been awarded around $4000 after an Employment Relations Authority fight.

Xmas parties: How to survive
The work Christmas do can be a minefield of alcohol-fuelled wit, drunken proposals, chronic boredom and stuffing yourself silly.

Airport worker fired for watching rugby
An airport worker fired for watching sport on television instead of working has lost his unfair dismissal claim.

Hiring guns that misfire
Job candidates say a bad experience during interviews gives firms a bad name.

Justice for unpaid security guards
A company has been ordered to pay up after security guards were not paid for their work at the Coromandel Gold music festival.

Hallwright fails to win job back
Guy Hallwright has failed to win back his job, with the Employment Court satisfied his company's reputation was damaged by his action in driving over a man.

Air NZ's warning over Saddam email 'ok'
An Air New Zealand employee who emailed senior executives comparing his boss's leadership to Saddam Hussein's regime was justifiably disciplined.

Ananish Chaudhuri: Do women need to be more aggressive at work?
Research suggests that Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer at Facebook, may be right to say female workers need to become far more aggressive, writes Ananish Chaudhuri.

Rebecca Kamm: Employers still asking women about baby plans
It occurred to me some months ago I'd reached an age that, for many employers, might spell trouble. Or: p.r.e.g.n.a.n.c.y.

Brian Rudman: Artwork a lop-sided history lesson
The menacing silhouette of this armed strike-breaker is hardly an image that exudes warmth or attracts support, writes Brian Rudman. Put him back by all means, but in the interests of historical balance, why not an equally menacing wharfie?

The lost art of saying hello
A casual chat with the right person can give you that networking edge .

'I'm in a bit of hot water'
Len Brown has made his first post-affair public appearance today, and says it will take a while to "reacclimatise'' himself in the eyes of Aucklanders.

Brown ditches first post-affair event
Auckland Mayor Len Brown has pulled out of his first, post-affair public engagement at Three Kings Primary School this morning.

Brown inquiry to look at job reference
An Auckland Council inquiry into mayor Len Brown's extra-marital spending is being widened to look at a reference the mayor provided for his ex-mistress.

Gayle Peterson: Women's leadership skills needed
New Zealand rightly prides itself on being a leader in women's rights. It was ranked sixth out of 135 countries in the Global Gender Gap report for 2011.

Editorial: Age of super eligibility has to be lifted
Another report containing another warning about the need to address rising costs of super has been met with another statement which says: "there's no problem".