3+ day, 4+ min ago   (576+ words) ERA finds the ministry had lapses in its investigation A senior quarantine officer who was fired after taking a colleague to a friend's house for lunch has been reinstated to his role after the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) found his…...

3+ day, 32+ min ago   (440+ words) New report finds that workers routinely start before safety credentials are checked Workers in Australia's high-risk industries are starting jobs before safety checks are complete, and it is happening far more often than employers may want to admit, new research…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (231+ words) A restaurant paid cash to settle overtime, but never said what for An Alberta restaurant paid a departing cook thousands of dollars in cash to settle unpaid overtime, but could not say what period the payment covered. Its appeal over…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (273+ words) Genuine reason, botched process: how one redundancy still cost a small employer Employment Relations Authority member Helen van Druten ruled on 12 August 2026 that a genuine redundancy still amounted to unjustified dismissal. The case centred on a marketing employee who joined…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (279+ words) Growth rate of filled jobs slows down after rising for three quarters Filled jobs in New Zealand saw a modest increase in the June quarter of 2026, with the financial and insurance services leading the growth, according to the latest Stats…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (318+ words) Four separate findings, one care plan, and a company that got the process right A disability support worker sacked over her conduct with a vulnerable client has lost her bid to have the dismissal overturned. The Fair Work Commission ruled…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (216+ words) His file said he retired. He says he never did - and got no severance A UPS supervisor of two decades says the company left his disability accommodation hanging for months, then quietly ended his job. The former operational supervisor sued…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (389+ words) NZ supplies as much skilled talent as it competes for, and the market runs well beyond Australia For skilled workers, the world is their oyster – and that oyster can be from Bluff or Chesapeake Bay. New data from Deel's Global…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (324+ words) One dismissal ground collapsed at the tribunal - the second one still ended her case A cruise operator sacked a night porter on two grounds. A tribunal rejected one - and still upheld the dismissal. On September 8, 2026, the Fair Work Commission found…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (715+ words) How can HR best support business in Q3 2026? Business conditions in Canada seem to be improving, but HR professionals must reassess their recruitment and retention strategies now, as new data from Statistics Canada shows recruiting skilled workers remains one of the…...