Payout for worker sacked over drugs
A small business has been ordered to pay an employee $12,000 - including $6000 compensation for distress - after he was sacked for supplying cannabis to a workmate.
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Ending free Christmas rides affects thousands
Bus drivers are crying 'Scrooge' over the withdrawal of Christmas gift hampers and free Christmas Day bus rides.
Unions and Labour argue holiday changes unfair
Unions and the Labour Party have reacted angrily to a Government decision to allow workers to cash in their fourth week of holidays.
BA locked in 'fight to death' with unions
Senior British Airways managers warned they were in a "fight to the death" with unions over plans for an unprecedented 12-day strike by cabin crew.
Warehouse staff to resume industrial action
About a quarter of workers at The Warehouse will resume industrial action after talks between the company and a union broke down.
Showdown at city's museum
Auckland Museum director Vanda Vitali, and the museum trust board are embroiled in a performance dispute.
Pilots taking Air NZ to Employment Court
A personal grievance case brought by eight Air NZ pilots, removed from captaining Boeing 747-400s after their 60th birthdays, is set to be heard.
Warehouse workers see red at timetable
Unionised staff at the Warehouse plan to hand out complaint cards to customers to pressure the company into hiring more staff.
Courts staff stuck in industrial stalemate
The Ministry of Justice is "extremely disappointed" at the Public Service Association's (PSA) rejection of a pay offer.