| A mental health nurse was dismissed by the Wellington District Health Board for medical incapacity following eight and a half months of sick leave due to depression. A subsequent grievance based on unjustified dismissal brought by the nurse against the WDHB has been rejected by the Employment Court....full story |
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| Here is the list of Public Holidays for Christmas 2015 and for the 2016 calendar year....full story |
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| An Auckland Sales Support Manager has won a $23,250 payout after her employer accused her of faking a back injury and fired her...full story |
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| Discipline and dismissal procedures are all about correct process.The Employers Toolbox online contains all this information including the letters and forms to use in a correct and logical order. Here's a quick tutorial on how to use it....full story |
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| Following a contractor's death last year Kone Elevators have been fined $50,000 and reparation payments of $91,800. Multiple failures of process, inspections and care had seen safety gear fail when a cable broke allowing a lift to plummet 16 metres causing the death of the engineering contractor working on the de-commissioning of the elevator in the Speights Brewery....full story |
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