Browsing: Terminations

The High Court has cleared the way for a complex labour hire case to proceed, while in other news, a tribunal has rejected staffing and maintenance company Programmed's suggestion that a worker's ongoing injury related to fears he would lose his job. read more

• Peoplebank contribution boosts Recruit results
  
• On-hire arrangement reflected "dubious business ethics"
  
• Hudson appoints CFO
  
• Consulting and strategy roles offer the hottest salaries in NZ read more

An HR and recruitment consultancy must compensate an employee it dismissed for copying sensitive files to a personal hard drive, in a case that reinforces the need for caution when managing suspected IP theft. read more

An employer has successfully argued it made a recruiter's role redundant due to a downturn in hiring demand, and not because he made a bullying claim against his supervisor. read more

An employer has come under fire for using a "significantly punitive" regime to performance-manage a salesperson who was struggling to meet targets, in a decision that provides important lessons for recruitment company leaders. read more

• Ex-SKILLED employee a victim of "extraordinary circumstances"
  
• Active jobseekers most likely to get hired
  
• Queensland to introduce payroll tax rebate for apprentices
  
• ACCI launches hiring service
  
• June drop in NZ skilled job vacancies read more

A candidate who allegedly made dishonest statements to a prospective employer has failed in a bid to have the case against her thrown out, while in other employment law news, an engineer who was fired within 90 days of starting a new job has successfully argued a trial period did not apply to him. read more

An on-hire worker has failed in an attempt to claim unfair dismissal, despite the Fair Work Commission finding he had an "arguable case" against his employer, IPA Personnel. read more

• Employer avoids discrimination claim from unsuccessful candidate
  
• Cultural assessments at the heart of employer's high employee engagement
  
• Australian jobseeker appetites decline
  
• NZ job ads nudge down read more

• Korn Ferry revenue surpasses $1b
  
• Court finds recruitment process not "unfair or unreasonable"
  
• IT recruiter aims to reduce job ad spend with new website
  
• Public sector salaries stagnate following low mobility read more