By Workers First Union
250 views

E tū is condemning the Government’s new employment law proposals as the worst attack on workers’ rights in a generation, warning they will entrench low pay and precarious work across many industries.

By E tu
234 views

All workers will be in the firing line for instant dismissal regardless of circumstances under a law change now before Parliament.

By PSA
201 views

BusinessNZ supports the introduction of the Employment Relations Amendment Bill, saying the changes will have a positive impact across New Zealand’s economy.

By Business NZ
178 views

Drug use in New Zealand is on the rise - particularly the use of methamphetamine - and the implications for workplace safety and productivity are serious.

By Resultz Group
380 views

The 2025 New Zealand Careers Expo season has officially begun, launching this week in Christchurch with hundreds of ‘careers-curious’ rangatahi and job seekers through the doors of Wolfbrook Arena.

By Raise Communications
429 views

E tū is slamming the Government’s announcement that it will make it harder for workers to claim pay equity, describing it as an attack on women and a green light to pay them less for work of equal value.

By E tu
475 views

Changes by the Government to make pay equity claims harder to lodge and resolve are an attack on women, New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) says.

By New Zealand Nurses Organisation
375 views

The Government’s proposed changes to the Equal Pay Act will severely limit people in female-dominated professions to be paid fairly, said the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi (PSA).

By PSA
378 views

BusinessNZ supports amending the pay equity process to make it more transparent, evidence-based, and more able to achieve robust settlements.

By Business NZ
338 views

Home Support workers will hold stop-work meetings tomorrow in response to their employer, Access Community Health, offering them no pay increase and reduced work conditions, despite the company receiving increased government funding.

By PSA
403 views

The restructure of Woolworths supermarkets, announced to staff by the company today following a consultation period, will result in a reduction in income for thousands of experienced workers and should not go ahead in its current form, Workers First Union said today.

By Workers First Union
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Workers First Union members who work for major retailers Briscoes and Rebel Sport have rejected a deal containing pay ‘increases’ below the rising cost of living and have voted to begin strike action today by making their feelings about the "disappointing" pay offer known publicly (a ‘media strike’).

By Workers First Union
368 views

BusinessNZ supports coming changes to employment law to remove unnecessary regulations on employing new staff.

By Business NZ
406 views

The move to greater use of Approved Codes of Practice (ACOPs) as tools for health and safety compliance will allow businesses to confidently mitigate hazards and risks, says the Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA).

By Employers and Manufacturers Association
394 views

Proposed law changes will bring clarity to the health and safety responsibilities of directors and managers, BusinessNZ says.

By Business NZ
350 views

Changes to the Health and Safety at Work Act remove confusion over the respective roles of managers and directors, says the Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA).

By Employers and Manufacturers Association
398 views

WorkSafe New Zealand's initiative to recruit up to 60 new health and safety inspectors in 2025 is a positive step towards addressing our alarming rates of workplace harm, says the Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA).

By Employers and Manufacturers Association
428 views

The pay equity claim for probation officers has gone to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA), four years after it was first lodged.

By PSA
442 views

Workers First Union is pleased to announce that the union has now formally changed its name from ‘FIRST Union’ to ‘Workers First Union’ (or ‘Workers First’, for short) following a vote by delegates at the union’s Annual General Meeting in December 2024.

By First Union
468 views

Strike to begin 28 February with two hour full labour withdrawal 7 March.

By PSA
1,114 views

Kiwi workers say their employers have elevated workplace flexibility in the form of flexible work hours while the majority of staff return to the office, new independent research by specialised recruiter Robert Half finds.

By Robert Half
1,227 views