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![Hospital surgery delayed by strike](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Hospital surgery delayed by strike
Surgery is being cancelled for hundreds of patients from Tuesday in preparation for four days of strikes by radiographers.
![Who really pushed 90 day job law](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Who really pushed 90 day job law
The Govt's decision to extend 90-day new-employee trials was made after a suggestion from the Act Party and went against the recommendation of its own Minister of Labour, Kate Wilkinson.
![Postie fired for critical Facebook comments](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Postie fired for critical Facebook comments
A postie who used Facebook to criticise his job and humiliate a workmate says he did it "for a laugh" and didn't know anyone could read his blogs.
![Fired pilot hopes for job back](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Fired pilot hopes for job back
A judge has reserved his decision in the case of a pilot seeking his job back after he was fired for drinking and having sex with a young flight attendant the night before a flight.
![A symphony of sour notes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
A symphony of sour notes
The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra makes beautiful music. But one musician, who fled the Soviet Union, has been forced out on flimsy grounds, while others question the APO's management style. Chris Barton reports..
![X-ray strike looms over pay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
X-ray strike looms over pay
Many patients booked for elective surgery or an outpatient visit will have their appointments postponed during planned walkouts.
![<i>All in a day's work:</i>The grinch who tried to steal Christmas...](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>All in a day's work:</i>The grinch who tried to steal Christmas...
Now it seems there is a risk that employees could lose an entitlement to public holidays that fall during a closedown period
![Hundreds protest employment law reform](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Hundreds protest employment law reform
Workers took to the streets today to protest "the biggest labour reform in 20 years".
![Pacific Blue named as pilot's employer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Pacific Blue named as pilot's employer
A pilot fighting to get his job back after being sacked amid allegations of alcohol and drug abuse worked for Pacific Blue.
![Pie-maker justified in sacking cockroach collector](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Pie-maker justified in sacking cockroach collector
The makers of one of NZ's best-known brands of pie were justified in sacking a worker who stored cockroaches in his locker, the ERA says.
![<i>All in a day's work: </i> Strip search, sacking and reinstatement](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>All in a day's work: </i> Strip search, sacking and reinstatement
There it is: process, process, process. It is a fundamental requirement of natural justice that a person is entitled to know exactly what is being alleged, by whom, and is afforded a real and fair opportunity to respond.
![<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: No thanks Nanny - whoever you are](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: No thanks Nanny - whoever you are
Whether it's the boss or the bureaucrats, the answer's the same: mind your own business.
![Free ambulance but not free speech?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Free ambulance but not free speech?
The written word can have a significant impact - and often a more far reaching or greater impact than was intended and foreseen.