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Microsoft outage disrupts Outlook and Teams for businesses worldwide

Microsoft outage disrupts Outlook and Teams for businesses worldwide

Global Microsoft 365 failure leaves employers without email and chat, testing HR business continuity plans

Why HR and quality are inseparable at Sandman Hotel Group

Director of HR & Quality on why linking HR, quality, and operations changes everything for guest experience and staff retention in the hospitality industry

Why HR and quality are inseparable at Sandman Hotel Group

'Silence is creating anxiety': HR's Microsoft outage playbook

From a backup channel to payroll priorities, here's how HR teams can keep staff informed, scheduled and paid during a disruption

'Silence is creating anxiety': HR's Microsoft outage playbook

Thumbs-up emoji fails to save cafe from unjustified dismissal ruling

She replied with a thumbs-up. The cafe said that rewrote her whole contract

Thumbs-up emoji fails to save cafe from unjustified dismissal ruling

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Wellbeing designed for Aotearoa

Wellbeing designed for Aotearoa

Ignite's wellbeing platform is based on the iconic Te Whare Tapa Whā Māori model

Transformation

Amazon just put NVIDIA's AI into human-trained shop robots. Is this the future?

Amazon just put NVIDIA's AI into human-trained shop robots. Is this the future?

A convenience-store trial run on Amazon's cloud shows what the next generation of retail robots can do, and how much of their training still comes from people

AI at work: NZ employers urged to protect entry-level learning

AI at work: NZ employers urged to protect entry-level learning

Professor says employee voice, not technology, should shape workplace AI decisions in 2027

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Skilled workers have a world of options – what NZ can do

Skilled workers have a world of options – what NZ can do

NZ supplies as much skilled talent as it competes for, and the market runs well beyond Australia

Employment Law

Staff BBQ with prison kitchen steaks costs worker 20-year career

He approved the steak order. He just skipped the paperwork

Auto shop told mechanic to spy on colleague - then fired him

He was told to "grow the fuck up" and pack his tools

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Should Kiwi workers 'make more of a fuss' over their working conditions?