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.

Employment law changes will swing the balance in favour of bosses and expose workers to easier dismissal, an expert says.

The Government has announced plans to extend the 90 Day Trial scheme to incorporate more workplaces, reports TVNZ.

Tobacco giant Philip Morris has admitted that child workers have been subjected to long hours working on Kazakhstan tobacco farms it deals with.

Waihi gold miners have accused their Australian employer of Victorian work practices by making them take their breaks underground during 11-hour shifts.

Government plans to apply "experience rating" - essentially a no- or low-claims discount on employers' ACC levies - from April next year.

More than 80 per cent of New Zealanders believe we are increasingly adopting a more casual approach to our workplace attire.

Kate Ross: It really is a candidate market; candidates are determining what, where and how much.

Beware strikers - employers can strike back with a lockout.

McDonald's has come out in support of a new law freeing up the rules around staff work breaks.