No, the World Isn’t Ending
If you call your boss stupid and your boss takes offense, he/she ‘the boss’ has every right to can you from working in the office. ‘Free speech’ does not apply to the employee-employer relationship.
Employment
Thoughts on Charlie Kirk
Would you employ someone who danced and celebrated the assassination of someone, even if you didn’t like the person who was assassinated? These people have caused actual harm – to their employers, to public trust and to basic decency. The consequences are on them.
Is the Parenting to Blame for This?
It’s difficult not to wonder just how much harm this Millennial parenting might be doing.
Digging Beneath the Headline Rate
The numbers don’t necessarily support the narratives pushed by the likes of RNZ and Stuff who appear intent on winding up anger against the current government.
Wall Street Isn’t Daycare: Interns Meet the Real World
Many college graduates are discovering they don’t want the high pressure or long hours that white-collar finance firms demand.
The Backdoor to Australia That We Don’t Talk About
For many foreign nationals, New Zealand has become a stepping stone. A place to wait and qualify before making the real move.
Gen Z Grads Are Un-Hirable and Unlikable
Why is the job market closing down for the Gen Z worker?
This Poverty Is a Modern Man-Made Monster
Paying able-bodied people to stay at home and not earn their living is probably the biggest social miscalculation of the last 60 years. Unwinding it won’t be easy.
Turning a Blind Eye to Child Prostitution
The conversation is dominated by the New Zealand Prostitutes Collective (NZPC), a lobby group whom the government relies on overwhelmingly for information regarding any issue related to prostitution.
New Sanctions Take Effect for Welfare
The sanctions are part of the second phase of the government’s Traffic Light System, introduced last year to help beneficiaries understand and meet their obligations.
The Quagmire of Pay Equity
I’m scratching my head seeing how aged care workers can be compared to forestry workers, or library assistants to IT technicians.
Woolworths Proposes Store Restructure Across New Zealand
A worker described the document as “propaganda” and remained sceptical about whether employee feedback would be genuinely considered.
The Unions Are Really Anti-Worker
This government is anti-union because it is good for workers; the unions will throw as many of their members as necessary under a steamroller to hide that truth and maintain their power.
NZ’s Obsession With Temu Highlights Worker Exploitation
Tearfund is urging Kiwis to reconsider their shopping habits and think twice before making purchases.