Items filtered by date: Tuesday, 02 December 2014

Changes to employment law in the Employment Relations Amendment Bill are a topic of hot debate, today over 1000 workers showed their support for the proposed changes at Auckland’s Mt Smart Stadium.

Workers at the JNL/ Juken Triboard Wood Products Mill in Kaitaia remain concerned after today’s company announcement that the mill would be undergoing a major upgrade, and around 40 jobs may be on the chopping block.

Nearly a thousand workers covered by collective agreements at Countdown’s distribution centres (in Christchurch, Palmerston North, and Auckland), will see their hourly wage go to a minimum of $25 this year in a new deal that sets a new bench mark for how companies engage labour-hire workers.

For the first time in history, more than four billion passengers took to the air last year – equivalent to more than half the world’s population flying somewhere – and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has just revealed the big winners writes Peter Needham for Global Travel Media.

Late Author defied institutions

Longtime local resident, actually an immigrant from the Putara Valley near Eketahuna when asked recently about what is happening in Masterton replied:

Victoria University of Wellington’s new Chair in Regulatory Practice, officially launched yesterday, is set to be New Zealand’s hub for regulatory-related research and learning, and could ensure something like the leaky building crisis never happens again.

Fonterra employees will be able to spend up to a third of their time on projects outside their day jobs in what is believed to be a New Zealand-first initiative.

Juken New Zealand has started talking to staff over likely job losses as it plans to spend millions of dollars upgrading its Triboard mill in Kaitaia

The Ministry of Education has tabled new collective agreement offers for primary teachers and principals, who will hold secret online ballots next week to vote on whether to accept the offers.