Employment and Work

$150k fine after safety warnings ignored and man crushed (Stuff)

12 May 2008

A Mount Maunganui-based company has been fined $150,000 and ordered to pay $22,000 to a worker who fell from a work platform and was crushed by a logging truck.

The carer who was sacked for breaching health and safety rules after making out-of-hours visit to dying resident (Daily Mail)

12 May 2008

As the manager of a sheltered housing scheme, Linda Coote took pride in caring for her elderly residents. So she didn’t think twice when asked to help a terminally-ill tenant after working hours. But doing so saw Mrs Coote, 55, breach a ban on dealing with problems after 4.30pm. And it eventually earned her the sack for gross misconduct

Mesilla officials looking for agreement with out-of-work marshal (3:10 p.m.) (Las Cruces Sun-News)

12 May 2008

MESILLA — Tightlipped on disclosing any details, Mesilla officials and their attorneys are prepared to sit down with Angelo Vega, his attorneys and U.S. Magistrate Judge Les Smith to determine if an agreement can be worked out that resolves Vega's employment status as town marshal.