A café owner must pay his former head chef compensation after allegedly threatening to ruin her application for permanent residence and unfairly sacking her.

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Solid Energy's Stockton opencast mine machinery operators have rejected a proposed shift change, despite management warning the mine's future is in jeopardy.

Ninety per cent of New Zealanders say flexible employment options such as working from home are an important factor when looking for a new job.

A caregiver refused to put underpants on a physically disabled elderly patient, and left him unshaven and unwashed on top of his tangled catheter.

An Auckland textiles company has been ordered to pay its former general manager $185,000 after it short-changed him on his bonus payments.

A growing number of workers who complain about sexual harassment say they are being further victimised or even demoted, a survey has found.

A change is on the way for a controversial labour law that protects vulnerable workers when their job is restructured.

Sure, people want a job. But more than that, they want to avoid boredom and take pride in their work, writes Ditia De Boni. "Life is too short to endure a psychotic boss."

The former chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase's NZ branch says he missed job opportunities because the bank failed to refer to his correct title.

The wages which need to be reduced are those of the CEOs and other high-level management positions, writes Ryan Wood. "A maximum wage also has a trickle-down effect."

A waiter sacked from a popular Auckland cafe for allegedly stealing a $15 tip wants to move on with his life after a "horrible" ordeal to clear his name.