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NationalDecember 22

Jumbo-sized payout for sacked elephant handler

An elephant handler was sacked after being told that his long-time charge, Jumbo, was "lost", only to read in a newspaper the animal had been given to the RSPCA.
Jumbo-sized payout for sacked elephant handler
Jumbo-sized payout for sacked elephant handler
BusinessDecember 21

Employment confidence edges up

Workers seem more optimistic about their future job prospects but are worried about job availability, the Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence Index shows.
Employment confidence edges up
Employment confidence edges up
DunedinNovember 29

Employer rewarded for holding the fort

"It's not easy, but we just find a way to deal with life without him."
Employer rewarded for holding the fort
Employer rewarded for holding the fort
BusinessNovember 24

Polarised views on employment law changes

Employer representatives see the latest change to employment law as fair and balanced but union representatives are still condemning what they see as a trampling of workers' rights.
Polarised views on employment law changes
Polarised views on employment law changes
DunedinNovember 11

Council a happy place to work, says Harland

Dunedin City Council chief executive Jim Harland says the council remains a happy workplace, despite more than one-quarter of employees opting not to express pride in working for the organisation in an internal survey.
Council a happy place to work, says Harland
Council a happy place to work, says Harland
NationalNovember 4

Jobless rate falls to 6.4 pct

The unemployment rate fell to 6.4 percent in the September quarter from 6.9 percent in the previous three months, as the number of people employed rose 23,000 or 1 percent to 2.19 million.
DunedinNovember 1

Cruise industry to create 190 jobs

The burgeoning cruise-ship industry will create almost 200 additional jobs for Dunedin by next season - but future growth could be curtailed unless the industry is better catered for, a report finds.
Cruise industry to create 190 jobs
Cruise industry to create 190 jobs
BusinessNovember 1

Uncertainty surrounds state of labour market, economist says

Evidence suggests the New Zealand labour market continued its trend of slow improvement in the three months ended September, but economists are warning that volatility may cause a surprise.
BusinessOctober 17

Pay decision may affect all on call

In July 2009, the Employment Court made a decision on pay rates that was estimated would cost the residential care sector between $400 million and $500 million in back pay and between an extra $60 million and $70 million a year on an ongoing basis.
EditorialOctober 11

Costs of caring

The deinstitutionalisation of care for the intellectually disabled in this country - moved during the 1980s and beyond from large "homes" where they were cared for by staff employed under public service conditions into small groups in community houses - was considered socially desirable and also provided fiscal benefits.
DunedinSeptember 28

`Best bus driver in NZ' loves his job

A former Dunedin man has been named New Zealand's best bus driver.
`Best bus driver in NZ' loves his job
`Best bus driver in NZ' loves his job
NationalSeptember 23

More concerns over 90-day trial laws

More concerns were aired in Parliament's transport and industrial relations committee today over employer-employee power imbalances likely to result from proposed employment law changes.
DunedinSeptember 20

Taxi firm struggles to recruit drivers

The recession has been blamed for slowing a national taxi chain's southern expansion when a recruitment drive did not get enough people to fill just two or three vacancies.
DunedinSeptember 19

'Sexy summer jobs' evening

Dunedin students will be lining up for a chance of landing a sexy summer job this week.
DunedinSeptember 18

Jobs for youth on agenda

New Zealand Defence Force personnel and the Otago Southland Regional Employer Support Council met in Dunedin yesterday to discuss getting young people who succeed in defence force youth programmes into meaningful employment.
Jobs for youth on agenda
Jobs for youth on agenda
DunedinSeptember 6

Prospects for Hillside role in train tenders rise

The possibility of Dunedin's Hillside Engineering workshops winning some construction work on the $500 million tender for Auckland's trains appears to have increased with the release of KiwiRail's Request for Proposal (RFP) documentation.
NationalAugust 26

Act behind employment law changes

The Government's decision to extend 90-day new-employee trials to all businesses was a suggestion of Act New Zealand and against the recommendation of its own Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson.
Act behind employment law changes
Act behind employment law changes
NationalAugust 11

More job vacancies online - Bennett

Job vacancies online increased by 7.6 percent over the last three months and there are 39.6 percent more now than there were in July last year, Employment Minister Paula Bennett says.
North OtagoAugust 9

Woman's dismissal ruled unfair

A Palmerston woman is to get her job back, about three years of lost wages and $4000 in compensation after the Employment Court found she was unjustifiably dismissed from Oceana Gold Ltd.
DunedinAugust 3

Revised plan still cuts education jobs

A revised restructuring proposal for the University of Otago College of Education will still see significant job cuts among teacher educators, the Tertiary Education Union says.
BusinessAugust 3

Cautious optimism wage levels will grow

The Council of Trade Unions says there is room for cautious optimism for wage levels although many people are still not receiving increases.
NationalJuly 15

Anger over extending job scheme

Outrage is brewing among unions and workers' rights advocates over Government plans to extend the 90-day workers' trial period to all companies and give employers the power to keep unions out of the workplace.
Anger over extending job scheme
Anger over extending job scheme
BusinessJune 23

Otago employees least optimistic, but future appears brighter

Otago employees are the least optimistic in the country, according to the Westpac McDermott Miller index released yesterday.
Otago employees least optimistic, but future appears brighter
Otago employees least optimistic, but future appears brighter
BusinessJune 14

SFF may close cutting plant

Many of the 135 meat workers who would lose their jobs with the expected closure of Silver Fern Farms Canterbury lamb cutting plant in Christchurch, worked only six weeks this season.
SFF may close cutting plant
SFF may close cutting plant