An Auckland firm is seizing the initiative in boosting public holidays for its workers. Should other firms join them?

Orewa College's board of trustees has been ordered to pay almost $137,000 over a fatal boiler room explosion.

A lack of self awareness could be holding back your career, warns Jasbindar Singh.

Is the proposed change to sick leave laws really needed?

Some 2000 metal and manufacturing workers have negotiated a one-off holiday in 2011 to make up for missed public holidays.

Nearly 2000 engineering and manufacturing workers have agreed to accept a 3 per cent pay rise this year and the same again next year.

Unions are warning of heated collective contract talks on the horizon.

Garth George writes that after the Labour years, activists are relishing the chance to take their fight back to the street.

Andrew Little writes that changes to laws that take away workers' rights are unfair and unjust.

Patients are being treated in the corridors of North Shore Hospital's A&E because of overcrowding due to winter illnesses.

An Auckland restaurateur jailed for kidnapping two of his workers has been ordered to pay more than $75k.

Staff at Auckland's five-star Westin hotel have all been re-employed on new contracts but can be fired at a week's notice.

NZ is still only a middling performer when it comes to parental leave provisions, according to a study.

You're safer to eat your lunch off a toilet seat than the average office desk - and be careful how you handle the taps on the way out.

When the 90 day probationary period Bill was introduced, many people got hot under the collar. There were those that were thrilled.