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![Sacked executive to be paid nearly $350k](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Sacked executive to be paid nearly $350k
An Auckland-based firm must pay its former deputy managing director nearly $350,000 after it was found to have unjustifiably dismissed her.
![Sacked for teaching King Lear](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Sacked for teaching King Lear
Shakespearean tragedy has become high farce, after a Christian high school sacked a teacher for using a "morally defiling" King Lear text.
![Café culture - what's acceptable?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Café culture - what's acceptable?
Employment law blogger Bridget Smith on café culture - what's acceptable?
![ACC privatisation only if proven benefits - Wilson](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
ACC privatisation only if proven benefits - Wilson
Privatisation should only be allowed if there is evidence it will improve the system, former ACC chairman Ross Wilson says.
![Costs literally sky high](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Costs literally sky high
It may have become apparent from my first half dozen blogs, that I am a fan of puns in my headlines.
![Retiring painter gets the brush-off](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Retiring painter gets the brush-off
A DHB has refused to shout afternoon tea for an employee retiring after 50 years.
![Is bullying a problem at your workplace?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Is bullying a problem at your workplace?
Forget the playground, it's the workplace that is rife with bullies, a study shows. Here is the latest selection of Your Views.
![Bullying thriving in the workplace](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Bullying thriving in the workplace
Forget the playground, it's the workplace that is rife with bullies, a study shows.
![Whistle-blowing teacher to fight on](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Whistle-blowing teacher to fight on
A teacher who claims he was fired after raising concerns about a string of incidents at his school has won a claim for unjustified dismissal.
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Teachers may strike next term
Teachers could go on strike as early as next month amid building tension between their union and Education Minister Anne Tolley.