By John Crocker, Unite Union Industrial Officer SkyCity has been ordered by the Employment Court to reinstate a Table Games manager who was fired over a mix up with betting limits for one of its high rollers. In the early hours of 17 February 2016 a confusing briefing was given to the morning shift at the Auckland casino. Hours later it was believed that a high roller may have been playing bets over the maximum and was due a refund, which was communicated to her. In trying to sort out the amount, it was discovered no error had been made,...

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Reprinted from the NZ Herald By Simon Collins Auckland's SkyCity casino has become the latest employer to abandon zero-hours contracts. The company, New Zealand's biggest single-site hospitality employer with almost 3500 staff on its Auckland site, has agreed to give its 800 part-time and on-call staff guaranteed hours of at least eight, 16, 20 or 32 hours a week, at their choice. It has also agreed to 2.5 per cent pay rises for all staff in each of the next two years. SkyCity workers ratify new contract in a series of stop work meetings on Friday, August 28