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<i>All in a day's work: </i> Drug test = dismissal
You would think it would be a fairly clear cut case ...

Key urges restraint in radiographers strike
John Key had told striking Auckland radiographers to be mindful of other successful negotiations in the health sector.

Westin workers to fight for their jobs
Westin Hotel workers, organised by the Unite Union, have issued a press release saying they have "vowed to fight for every job".

DHBs intimidating staff, says union
Vulnerable health workers are being suspended without pay to intimidate them into ending their industrial action, the lab workers' union says.

Strikers' helpless victims
The parents of a baby girl are devastated after being told surgery to help her to eat without a tube has been postponed because of hospital strikes.

PM: Striking teachers 'disconnected'
Secondary teachers' plans to go on strike next month show they disconnected from the real world, Prime Minister John Key says.

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
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
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
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.

Sacked worker wins first 90-day law case
The first employment case brought to court under 90-day trial laws has gone in favour of a dismissed pharmacy employee.