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

Half of all New Zealand employers are struggling to find staff with the right skills, with engineers most in demand, a survey has found.

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".

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.

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.

My wife works in a rest home and like many of her low paid fellow workers has an individual employment contract.

A midwife who has been found to have provided substandard care to a young mother has quit the profession.

A volunteer firefighter and calendar pin-up girl who left her job at the Feilding Volunteer Brigade citing a "bullying culture" has withdrawn her resignation.

Payroll clerks have joined tradesmen as the most sought-after workers in the country because of the Novopay crisis, an international recruiting agency says.

The labour market is showing signs of warming up - but new graduates and trainees still face a tough battle for work.

Air New Zealand has been ordered to pay more than $13,000 in legal costs to an employee who was overpaid $70,000.