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![Foodstuffs axes 100 jobs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Foodstuffs axes 100 jobs
Foodstuffs Wellington is making more than 100 people redundant in the lower North Island as part of a restructuring to save $4 million a year.
![Hostess sex case pilot wins back job](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Hostess sex case pilot wins back job
An Air Nelson pilot sacked for sleeping with a young flight attendant and drinking before a flight has won his job back.
![Staff 'sickies' targeted by new law](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Staff 'sickies' targeted by new law
Workers who routinely pull sickies may be dissuaded from doing so by employment law changes that come into effect tomorrow, an employment lawyer says. Employers will be able to request employees provide a medical certificate after only one
![Employee awarded lost pay and compensation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Employee awarded lost pay and compensation
A man who claimed his job was unjustifiably disadvantaged when he was given a final warning and later suspended was awarded lost pay and $5000 compensation by the Employment Relations Authority.
![<i>Gill South</i>: Beating the tyranny of distance requires special HR skills](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>Gill South</i>: Beating the tyranny of distance requires special HR skills
Head office in Auckland, staff in the US and Britain - it's par for the course for Endace.
![Would-be worker fails to win compo over job](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Would-be worker fails to win compo over job
A woman who says she was offered a job in a shoe shop but later told there was no position for her has lost her bid for compensation.
![<i>Kate Ross: </i> Will the 90 Day trial period make a difference?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>Kate Ross: </i> Will the 90 Day trial period make a difference?
What impact will extending the 90 day employment trial period have on recruitment?
![Whitcoulls staff advised to stay put](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Whitcoulls staff advised to stay put
A union representing some of the staff at Whitcoulls and Borders is recommending they stay put until the future of the troubled bookshops becomes clearer.