Employment, tourism strong
Otago fared exceptionally well with increasing employment and tourism guest nights for the quarter to September, but its overall regional performance was lacklustre among the country's 16 regional
Employment
Govt announces 2000 extra Job Ops places
Southland farmer's wife 'threatened to have worker beaten'
A farm worker has been awarded nearly $20,000 after his boss' wife threatened to have him and his family beaten by her convict son.
Firm told to reinstate dope smoker who fell out of tree
A company has been ordered to reinstate a worker sacked after testing positive for cannabis when he fell out of a tree.
Unemployment at 6.5% highest in nine years
Unemployment at 9 year high
The unemployment rate rose to a nine-year high 6.5 percent in the September quarter, from 6 percent in the previous three months.
ERA reserves decision in Salinger case
The Employment Relations Authority today reserved its decision in a case taken by scientist Jim Salinger against his sacking for talking to the media without approval.
Fed Farmers keeps access to migrant workers
A farm lobby says it has retained dairy farmers' access to a stream of migrant dairy workers, despite concerns in the rest of the economy about rising unemployment.
Burger King breaks ground with redundancy clause
Fast-food workers have broken new ground after Burger King employees accepted an agreement with a new redundancy clause.
Welders may not have been treated fairly - Coleman
Kiwi welders who lost their jobs while immigrants working at the same factory kept theirs might not have been treated fairly, Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman said today.