News from 2007-12

The Government has announced law changes to help protect redundant workers from being pushed onto a higher tax bracket when they receive lump sum redundancy payments. The change...

EPMU members at Scott Automation in Christchurch and Dunedin have managed to retain their long service leave following a three week campaign of industrial action that involved...

More than 80 EPMU members at Tourism Holdings-owned camper-van maker CI Munro walked off the job on Tuesday after the company repeatedly refused to make them a...

EPMU members at the Automobile Association have called off their strike action for Christmas to ensure motorists are not left stranded over the holiday period. However, the workers...

We end 2007 with good reason to be positive about the future and ready to face the obvious challenges that lie ahead. Our pay settlements this year...

The Department of Labour has released a new guide for employers on how to manage shift work to minimise workplace fatigue. The guide’s major recommendation is that night...

The International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions has praised the efforts of the EPMU and the NDU in winning reinstatement for sacked worker Thanet...

Workers at Atlas Engineering in Auckland ended their strike action and ratified a new collective agreement on Thursday. The twenty-one EPMU members won a four percent pay...

The EPMU has settled a new collective agreement at Pagemasters, the contractor that took on NZ Herald publisher APN’s subediting work in September this year. The contracting out...

A new study from the Department of Labour has found little evidence to back up employer perceptions that New Zealand has a personal grievance ‘gravy train’ or...