Today individuals are brands in the workplace.

A Northland forestry worker didn't get to hospital for more than four hours after he was struck by a log and his distraught mother wants to know why.

WATCH: The Economy Hub - Guest panelists Dominick Stephens and Chris Green talk about immigration.

New Zealand is coming off a period of strong growth, and will potentially lose a little steam over the coming year or two.

Career Coach Joyce E.A. Russell offers tips on how to identify signs of workplace bullying and what you can do about it.

Expert says universal basic income would have minimal drain on tax system

Figures released today show thousands of workers could be substantially lighter in the pocket because of underpaid holiday entitlements

There is general agreement NZ is heading in the right direction, but statistics show a nation in long-term economic decline and societal disintegration.

Non-compliant employment agreements, inaccurate employment records and paying holiday pay incorrectly among the breaches.

COMMENT: Harold Hillman talks five ways to spot and convert a cynic.

Tech giants such as Google, Facebook and Apple are renowned for asking weird, confusing and frankly mean questions of job applicants.

This year Myers said success in business comes from a gradual accumulation of knowledge.

For decades, companies have craved an alternative to top-down management. Yet moving beyond the corporate ladder has proved challenging.

Here is a maths problem for the US Federal Reserve: What is 3.25 minus 5?

Negative attitudes and perceptions of discrimination against part-time employees remain strong.

Boards need to move from being reactive to proactive, says Simon Arcus, chief executive of the Institute of Directors.

Being the lawyer who represented the NZ-based Pike River mine directors and chief executive following the 2010 tragedy, Stacey Shortall knows better than most the nuances and legislative minefields attached to health and safety issues

Better workplace relationships and risk reduction go hand in hand, a safety expert tells Helen Twose.

There's one workplace danger that has sparked debate for decades - high heels.

600 to 900 Kiwis die from work-related diseases. The Health and Safety at Work Act aim to reduce workplace deaths and serious injuries by 25 per cent by 2020.

COMMENT: "If only the non-expert masses realised their forecasts can be just as accurate, and sometimes more so, than the professionals."

COMMENT: Even Star Wars predicted people would be replaced in industry by R2D2, C3P0 and their buddies.

Women working for Amazon in the US earned 99.9 cents for every $1 men earned doing the same jobs in 2015, the company said.

Danielle Wright finds out the latest homegrown employment trends from New Zealand's largest recruitment firm

COMMENT: Our feelings are our signpost, writes Robyn Pearce.

The director of a Matamata construction company whose worker was buried alive has been ordered to four months' home detention.

New Zealand continues to post record net migration arrivals, with a 67,400 gain over the past year, led by arrivals from Australia, China and the Philippines.

Why are today's growth industries more likely to be winner-take-all? The Internet.