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![Union deals sidestep Govt's 90 day law](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Union deals sidestep Govt's 90 day law
Unions are protecting thousands of new workers from the Govt's 90-day trial period law by negotiating collective contracts that exempt them from it.
![Australia beckons Pike River miners](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Australia beckons Pike River miners
Up to 50 redundant Pike River Coal mine employees could soon be crossing the Tasman to take up lucrative positions in Australian pits.
![70pc of NZ workers looking for new jobs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
70pc of NZ workers looking for new jobs
Workers go looking for a new job for a different challenge or because they feel unappreciated, a survey has found.
![Beat the back-to-work blues](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Beat the back-to-work blues
The holiday is over and that sinking feeling has set in - it's back to work, back to reality.
![<i>Mark Irving :</i> My time in advertising](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Mark Irving :</i> My time in advertising
Often people I meet seem genuinely curious about what it's like to work in the advertising industry.
![Surcharge confusion stretches to 4th day](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Surcharge confusion stretches to 4th day
Customers claim businesses are being greedy in adding surcharges on days not officially holidays.
![<i>Lewis Holden:</i> It's time Kiwis had a say in nation's top job](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Lewis Holden:</i> It's time Kiwis had a say in nation's top job
The Republican Movement's Lewis Holden says nominations for Governor-General should be made by the public.
![Student work soars in hard times](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Student work soars in hard times
Some unlikely employers are turning to students for help.
![Guard loses bid to appeal firing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Guard loses bid to appeal firing
A Rimutaka prison guard has been denied the chance to challenge a determination of the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) after he was fired for serious misconduct.
!['Draconian' health test upsets applicants](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Draconian' health test upsets applicants
Northland oyster workers who say they had to stand on one leg with eyes closed and arms outstretched for 10 seconds to get a job have laid a complaint with the Human Rights Commission.
![ERA awards elephant handler $26,000](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
ERA awards elephant handler $26,000
An elephant handler was sacked after being told that his charge, Jumbo, was 'lost', only to find she had been given away.
![Pregnant women left at the kerb by cabbies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Pregnant women left at the kerb by cabbies
Taxi drivers wanting to avoid low-profit, short-distance fares have refused rides for pregnant women.
![Payroll fraud accountant sentenced](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Payroll fraud accountant sentenced
A businessman who manipulated the company payroll to give himself a $10,000 payrise, has been sentenced to 200 hours' community work.
![Sir Peter: Actors no threat to <i>Hobbit</i>](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Sir Peter: Actors no threat to <i>Hobbit</i>
Sir Peter Jackson told the Govt he did not believe an actors' boycott would force The Hobbit overseas, emails show.
![<i>All in a day's work: </i>Be good for goodness sake](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>All in a day's work: </i>Be good for goodness sake
The moral of the story is perhaps to treat everyday like the jolly man in his red suit might be coming - or at the very least, like someone might be watching.