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.

Labour inspectors are investigating claims than an Auckland restaurant chain is paying workers $4 an hour.

A restaurateur who took $7000 from an elderly Chinese couple who were seeking his help with their daughter's immigration case by getting her a job in his kitchen has lost his employment battle.

Ailing workers might find it tougher to get a medical certificate from their doctor after a review into how the certificates are issued.

The IRD is investigating up to 500 people it believes may have given themselves artificially low salaries to avoid paying the top personal tax rate.

Being curious about the differences while seeking common ground is a practice that works well for Tim Deane when he does business in cultures overseas.

A Scouts employee who racked up more than $20,000 of personal expenses was unjustifiably dismissed despite treating the charity as a "personal bank".

A beauty therapist who was caught treating salon clients at home after leaving her Facebook page open at work has been ordered to pay damages.

Gordon Faber sacked a bogus refrigeration engineer who falsified his work history, wrecked customers' equipment and almost electrocuted one of his fellow workers. Then he had to pay the man more than $10,000 for lost wages and distress.

Warehouse Group has announced plans to lift staff wages and create a better-trained workforce, with rewards for long-term service.

In 23 years as a scaffolder, Wally Noble came to rely on other people to fence off any hazard on a building site.

A female truckie has been awarded more than $63,000 for being sexually harassed, discriminated against and unjustifiably dismissed from her job.

The country's ageing population is driving the demand for professional and non-professional health workers and this can only increase.

There are few things more Italian than a freshly-baked pizza emerging from a wood-fired oven, but Italy is now facing an acute shortage of pizza makers.

Employment law experts have expressed concerns about plans to fast-track decisions on disputes before the Employment Relations Authority.

An "agitated" Air NZ hostess, angry at how she was woken during a flight, was ordered to take anger management lessons because she shook the colleague who woke her.