There is no doubt that Christine Fleming and Peter Humphries are courageous. They have fought their way through the employment jurisdictions to the Supreme Court, which...
It certainly has been an “annus horribilis” for workers rights and protections this year. The phrase, meaning "horrible year," was made famous by the late Queen of...
New Zealand’s highest court, the aptly named Supreme Court, has had the final say on whether the Uber drivers are employees or contractors. Importantly, but not...
In the United States, many federal government workers have been left without paychecks over the last month as their politicians struggle to agree on a budget. While...
Air New Zealand’s new Chief Executive Nikhil Ravishankar started in his role this month. In reflecting on the “complicated” times that the airline is operating in, he...
The Prime Minister said that the Government's job this year was about “growth, growth, growth”. On top of all the many public service job losses, there have been some...
Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden has rightly been criticised over her claims that the Employment Relations Authority members believed “money grows on...
ANZ Bank Australia recently announced plans to cut 3500 staff and 1000 contractors in the next 12 months as part of major changes intended to ‘simplify the bank’. In...
To tell a lie means to say something that is not true with the intention to deceive or mislead someone. A lie involves communicating a statement that the narrator...
Protests about the recent sudden and controversial changes to pay equity laws have started heating up. An unofficial People's Select Committee has been set up of former...
Last week an estimated 4300 planned procedures and specialist appointments were postponed due to the nurses strike. Health care professionals do not take strike action...
“History never repeats , I tell myself before I go to sleep” are the opening words of a well known Split Enz song. Unfortunately, there are enough historical events...
