Employment

Labour has released a plan which includes a tax to discourage businesses from using migrant workers and train New Zealanders instead.

The number of people in work in Northland has hit a record high - but the region's unemployment rate still tops the country.

Nine people have been arrested for trespassing following a protest at a recruitment agency in Auckland.

The marketing manager at a failed Auckland private college was accused of telling a witness in the country's first human trafficking trial to lie to authorities, court documents show.

The number of people out of work has fallen below 5 percent for the first time in nearly eight years.

A third person has admitted involvement in a scheme to exploit migrant workers.

Junior doctors will vote on whether to strike again for 48 hours, after talks broke down between doctors and their employers.

The Fiji Public Service Association says fire-fighters have been coerced into joining an 'in-house' union by the National Fire Authority.

Firefighters have been coerced by the National Fire Authority into joining an 'in-house' union, the Fiji Public Service Association says.

The Pacific could be gripped by civil unrest unless more is done to occupy the region's growing youth population, academics warn. Audio

An opposition politician in Fiji wants the resigning head of the sugar corporation to face an investigation into his management practices.

Immigration NZ is not saying whether it will apologise for releasing an "off-the-cuff" comment as an official tally of a transport company's migrant workers.

Serious mistakes by exhausted junior doctors are going unreported because they think their concerns are falling on deaf ears, their union says.

Up to 100 people could lose their jobs in a major restructure at BNZ bank.

The Medical Council will follow up claims of threats against junior doctors who were considering whether to strike, as they return to work today after 48 hours of industrial action.

The Prime Minister has rejected criticism the government used immigration to solve skill shortages rather than training young New Zealanders.

It could take months for hospitals to catch up with the backlog of planned surgeries after a strike by junior doctors, a senior doctor says. Video

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.