Employment

A chef in Wanaka will receive a payout of over $86,000 after being unjustifiably sacked while overseas on annual leave and being left stranded at Hong Kong Airport for 36 hours.

A forestry contractor is calling for the immigration minister's resignation saying delays in processing migrant worker visas is costing the industry heavily, but minister Shane Jones says they're… Audio

Workplace construction deaths are at their highest level in a decade, with 11 people dying on the job in the construction sector so far this year.

The Employment Relations Authority is being asked intervene in the dispute between disability care workers and their employer.

Nearly one in 10 workers say they feel discriminated against, harassed or bullied at work, according to a Stats NZ survey.

Close to half of the workforce at a Southland fish processing plant could be cut as part of a proposal to shift operations north.

Hundreds of staff at Farmers retail stores around the country have walked off the job in protest at low wages and the company's performance pay system.

Dunedin taxi drivers have been left nearly $100,000 out of pocket after their company treated them as contractors, not employees.

Burger and fried chicken fans looking for a fix have been met with closed doors at the many KFC and Carls Jr stores forced to shut by a strike today.

Left without stable work after paying tens of thousands of dollars for the job opportunity, about 50 men cannot get evidence of their work needed for new visas.

Junior doctors have withdrawn the notice for their next strike, blaming a technical problem.

Fuji Xerox workers are on a 24-hour strike over what their union says is the company's refusal to backdate a 2 percent pay offer.