Richard Wagstaff

The Union for workers locked out of the Essity mill in Kawerau says the company's launched legal action against its own staff.

The Pulp and Paper Workers Union says the toilet paper company is… Audio

The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and E tū are savouring a win in an employment case over whether employees can be forced to take annual leave during a lockdown.

The case went to court after… Audio

Yet another port worker has been killed on the job and unions have united in a call for urgent action.

The death at Lyttelton Port yesterday comes just six days after the death of Atiroa Tuaiti at… Audio

Workers in our key business districts are returning to offices of dusty desks, blank screens, and staff rooms that, for once, don't stink of your workmates leftovers.

Now that some vax mandates are a… Audio

Workers who lose their jobs could get 80 percent of their usual salary for up to seven months, under a proposed new government scheme.

The social unemployment insurance scheme has been designed in… Audio

Business New Zealand has stirred up an industrial hornet's nest by refusing to be a formal partner in the government's Fair Pay Agreements.

The group said it had rejected the government's offer to be… Audio

The Prime Minister says if customers must be vaccinated, then so too, must the workers at place where a vaccine certificate required.

Employees who refuse vaccinations within a four week notice… Audio

The Council of Trade Unions is among a swag of organisations to hit out at the government's public sector pay freeze.

After nearly a week of anger from public service unions at the three-year pay… Audio

One hundred Wellington bus drivers who are striking today face an indefinite lock-out from tomorrow when the strike ends.

The Tramways Union and the drivers' employer, NZ Bus, have been in… Audio

Business and union groups want to see more detail on how the multi-national Amazon will operate in the country. The company is going to spend $650 million filming a Lord of the Rings TV series in New… Audio

The government will help employers pay workers who have to wait at home for Covid-19 test results from Tuesday.

The government hopes its new $350 Short-Term Absence Payment will encourage people who… Audio

But the number of days that can be stockpiled will remain at 20. The Panel speaks to CTU President Richard Wagstaff. Audio

A petition seeking better sick leave entitlements will be presented to the government at noon today.

Signed by 10,000 people, it seeks changes such as increasing legal minimum paid sick leave from 5… Audio

The Council of Trade Unions is campaigning for sick leave to be doubled, from five to 10 days per year.

They say Covid-19 has shown New Zealanders how important it is to stay home when you're sick… Audio

This time next week New Zealand will have moved down to Covid-19 Alert Level 3.

The level four lockdown has cost both businesses and their staff lost income. Will the slight easing of the ban on… Audio

The government is warning that unemployment could climb into the double digits as the fallout of Covid-19 continues.

New Zealand's unemployment rate has been in single digits since 1993.

Council of… Audio

An employment lawyer is warning many workers will fall through the cracks under the Government's Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme.

The Finance Minister Grant Robertson has dramatically expanded the… Audio

The Government is putting $4 billion extra into boosting support for businesses and workers.

A cap for wage subsidies in last week's rescue package has been removed which means all businesses are now… Audio

Business New Zealand estimates at least 10 percent of the county's workforce will start working from home from today because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The government is encouraging anyone who can… Audio