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![Cost of sleepover decision $500m plus - Ryall](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Cost of sleepover decision $500m plus - Ryall
Paying overnight staff to sleep will cost more than $500 million over three years and changing the law may be considered, Health Minister Tony Ryall says.
![Pumpkin patch project under fire in Parliament](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Pumpkin patch project under fire in Parliament
A Labour MP held up a pumpkin in Parliament today as the Government continued to face criticism over its Community Max welfare projects reported to have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars with little result.
![English defends job scheme](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
English defends job scheme
The Govt is under fire over a scheme accused of wasting thousands of dollars funding a 1.6ha garden with one pumpkin in it.
![Kiwis still flocking to Australia for jobs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Kiwis still flocking to Australia for jobs
An Australian job expo in Auckland where more than 6000 people lined up to find out about work across the Tasman shows National's economic management has failed, Labour leader Phil Goff says.
![NZIER 90-day research fatally flawed, says union](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
NZIER 90-day research fatally flawed, says union
Research showing the 90-day trial law had helped more people get work in small firms is 'fatally flawed' says the Council of Trade Unions.
![Bad managers threatening staff retention](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Bad managers threatening staff retention
Poor management is threatening the retention of skilled staff in New Zealand, says a leading recruitment firm.
![Govt: Double-dip recession possible](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Govt: Double-dip recession possible
Finance Minister Bill English confirmed today the Government is concerned about a double-dip recession, echoing Prime Minister John Key's caution in the face of weak employment figures and a fast-slowing Australian economy.
![Normal 9-5 jobs dying off](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Normal 9-5 jobs dying off
Jobs are disappearing and work is becoming transactional, a business futurologist says.
![Appeal over BK's final warning to unhappy Facebooker](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Appeal over BK's final warning to unhappy Facebooker
A union will be appealing Burger King's decision to issue a final warning to a Dunedin employee for posting the message "real jobs don't underpay and overwork people like BK does" on her private Facebook page.
![<i>All in a day's work: </i> The rise and the climb](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>All in a day's work: </i> The rise and the climb
I don't mind admitting that I know Miley Cyrus sings a song called 'The climb'.
![Legal hiccup in naked handyman search](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Legal hiccup in naked handyman search
A job ad for a "male nude handyman" is breaking employment law - but not because of the nudity, an employment lawyer says.