Employment

Worksafe says it's pure luck no one was killed when a giant tree toppled down at a central Auckland daycare centre, injuring four children and a teacher.

The government has committed $14.5 million more over four years for on-the-job literacy and numeracy training.

A horse trainer has been sentenced and ordered to pay reparations of $372,000 over an incident that left a teenage girl tetraplegic.

A Dargaville Subway shop must pay nearly $10,000 for failures to pay holiday rates, prompting labour inspectors to make the brand's franchises a priority.

Immigration New Zealand says a shake-up of senior management aims to forge new relations with businesses and focus on fraud and worker exploitation.

A South Auckland petrol station will have to pay more than $20,000 for making its employees pay for fuel stolen in drive-offs.

Nearly two months of industrial action over some of the lowest retail rates in New Zealand has been met with "radio silence" from the company's owners, the union says.

Sanford has made 17 workers redundant at its Bluff fish processing factory as it confirms its downsizing in the town.

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.