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![IT perks best in Auckland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
IT perks best in Auckland
Auckland is the country's best city for IT workers looking to secure bonuses and benefits, a survey suggests.
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Businessman jailed for $1.1m fraud
A Christchurch businessman who conned insurers and investors out of $1.1 million after the devastating earthquakes has today been jailed for more than two years.
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Suspended cake-biting worker awarded $500
A supermarket worker who took a bite of a cake from "the pig bin'' and then resigned has been awarded $500 by the Employment Relations Authority.
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Oz firm paid to find jobs for Kiwis
Advocates are upset an Australian company is the big winner in Winz experiment that will pay contractors up to $12k to help beneficiaries into paid work.
![Careers lure couple overseas](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Careers lure couple overseas
Lisa Blockley and Mike Anderson are swapping Auckland for Sydney in April when they emigrate to Australia to further their careers.
![Bernard Hickey: It could be your year](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Bernard Hickey: It could be your year
This could be the year you get the pay rise you've been waiting for, writes Bernard Hickey.
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Firing over 'p****' barb wrong - ERA
A Warehouse security guard who called a customer an "arrogant p****" and allegedly made a racist comment because they were white was wrongly dismissed.
![Firms cautious about hiring](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Firms cautious about hiring
Hiring expectations have dipped slightly as employers remain cautious about taking on new staff despite a rosy outlook for the economy in 2014.
![Kiwi lands Google internship](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Kiwi lands Google internship
A young Kiwi is to get a taste of what it's like to work for one of the coolest companies on the planet.
![Fine print on work romances](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Fine print on work romances
Companies are cracking down on office romances, with bosses increasingly being asked to sign contracts promising not to have sex with staff.
![100 jobs cut at Otago gold mine](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
100 jobs cut at Otago gold mine
OceanaGold plans to scale back its operations and is expected to axe more than 100 jobs at the Macraes goldfield in Otago in response to a falling gold price.
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$400k spent on payouts to MPs staff
Parliamentary Service spent nearly $400,000 on payouts for former staff in the second half of last year, a period in which the department was mired in controversy.
![Good outlook for job-seekers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Good outlook for job-seekers
The number of jobs advertised on Seek grew only slightly last year, but the employment website says NZ ended 2013 in an 'extremely healthy position' and that 2014 is looking positive.
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Never give up, says cancer survivor
Daniel McDonald started last year battling his second cancerous brain tumour in eight years and beginning what would turn out to be a long slog to find a job.
![Solid Energy drug tests nab 28 workers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Solid Energy drug tests nab 28 workers
Solid Energy's random drug and alcohol tests nabbed 28 offenders in the year to July, more than a third less than the previous year.
!['Terrifying' nurse wins $2500 compo](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Terrifying' nurse wins $2500 compo
A nurse who verbally abused patients, fell asleep on the job and spent hours surfing the web has won $2.5k compensation after being wrongly dismissed.
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Most Kiwis happy with their job
About three in four Kiwi workers are happy in their jobs, with those in Gisborne being the most content, new employment research shows.