Employment
Protest over minimum wage rise
Oamaru will be part of a simultaneous nationwide protest tomorrow over the 25c an hour increase in the minimum wage.
Risking the hours
If nothing else, the steep and unexpected rise in unemployment figures to 7.3% - comprising in large part the young - should give us an indication that all is not well out there in the jobs market.
NZ dollar plunges on shock jobs news
The New Zealand dollar fell around one US cent after a shock rise in the unemployment rate to 7.3 percent in the December quarter.
Employer ordered to pay after unjustified dismissal
The Employment Relations Authority has ordered a Dunedin restaurant to pay compensation to a former employee for distress and lost remuneration after it found she was unjustifiably dismissed.
Unemployment dropping
Unemployment in Queenstown soared in the last six months of 2009 to levels not seen since 2003, but has been dropping steadily in the past couple of weeks.
Employment confidence edges higher
Chin says stadium big help to Dunedin
Jobs would be best Christmas gift
Workers call for end to wage freeze
Between 200 and 300 workers gathered in the Octagon yesterday called for the Government to end the wage freeze for state-funded workers.