Employment

Too many jobs are going to migrant workers instead of young, struggling New Zealanders, the Salvation Army says.

Junior doctors have begun strike action over a dispute about rosters, but the Health Minister says he has seen no objective evidence that their working hours are unsafe. Video, Audio

About 1000 St John ambulance officers are planning industrial action, saying they - like junior doctors - are worried about under-staffing and fatigue.

Most people will recover less than half of their legal costs after winning their case before the Employment Relations Authority, a survey has found.

Senior doctors say DHBs are trying to pay them less than a 2008 rate to cover junior doctors when they strike tomorrow.

A worker who was refused three days bereavement leave for his foster brother's funeral has won an employment case.

Underemployment or low contracted hours is "endemic" in retail throughout New Zealand, according to a union.

Nearly 1000 budgeting advisors will begin finding out today if they have a job next month, after initially being told they would know by August.

Thousands of fast-food workers will get fully guaranteed hours for the first time in decades under a new deal between Unite Union and Restaurant Brands. Audio

The Northern Marianas is set for another minimum wage increase, less than a month after a 50 cent an hour raise.

The Human Rights Commission is defending its decision to deny legal help to a woman who went on to get the second highest-ever award for a breach of her privacy.

The difference between men's and women's wages is growing, with the gap now at 12 percent, according to Statistics New Zealand.

A woman who received the second highest-ever award from the Human Rights Review Tribunal over a cake iced with expletives, says she was discouraged from taking any action.

A new policy designed to get more skilled migrants to settle outside Auckland has made hardly any difference, official figures suggest.

Politics runs in the family, Lynda Chanwai-Earle joins one of the youngest Indian New Zealanders on the campaign trail in Mt Roskill, Auckland.

The Hamilton City Council will pay an additional $80,000 to the children of an employee who was fatally mauled by a tiger at its zoo.