The changes being proposed to our employment laws clearly stand to benefit many more employees than the small number who may find aspects of them a challenge.

An argument over a $5 fee has cost a Wellington motor lodge almost $12,000 and censure for wrongful dismissal.

A union says it hopes other large retailers will follow The Warehouse's example and introduce pay increase plans for their shop-floor staff.

A 16-year-old labourer who hid in a toilet after being sexually harassed by his boss and co-workers at a Canterbury engineering firm has won a payout.

A resthome worker dismissed after hiding behind a door when discovered with a gardener in a dead resident's flat has been awarded more than $10,000 for legal costs.

A woman who was dismissed from a cowboy-themed bar at Auckland's Viaduct Harbour, in part for not wearing her cowboy hat, has been awarded more than $12,000.

Dire finances means beauty salon owners will get less of a payout from an employee they caught via Facebook treating clients at home.

Kiwis are generally satisfied with their lot at work, but finding the right work/life balance is harder for employers and the self-employed, a survey has found.

A factory worker fired when her emotional health deteriorated after a colleague was accused of sexually assaulting her has won her job back.

Investigations into an Indian restaurant chain allegedly paying its staff less than $4 an hour has resulted in an action being filed with the ERA.

Nine Whakatane Hospital telephonists will receive almost four years' backpay after an Employment Relations Authority ruling.

An Auckland restaurant chain alleged to have paid workers less than $4 an hour has been taken to the Employment Relations Authority.

A bread delivery driver has been awarded $18,000 after being sacked for refusing his boss's orders to beg for petrol when he ran out of fuel while making his rounds.

Kerre McIvor's first job as a journalist at the age of 18 was to report the outcome of a meeting between the management and the union at a freezing works company in Palmerston North.

A process which commonly takes place at this time of year is one employees either welcome or dread: the annual performance review.