Do you have a work bestie? A pretty straightforward (if paraphrased) question you'd think, but it still made me sit back and think. By Alan Perrott

If your need for perfection is stifling creativity in others, you may indeed qualify, writes Harold Hillman.

Best of the Business Year: Two years of advertising fails to find recruit for smalltown role despite "ridiculous income".

New Zealand Aluminium Smelters has lost its Court of Appeal bid to overturn an Employment Court decision on payment for statutory holidays that fell on a weekend.

A recent study has found using brand-name gear can provide a noticeable placebo effect that could boost work performance.

A woman has been jailed after fraudulently obtaining more than $800,000 to fund her "extravagant" lifestyle.

Economists are divided, but on balance, wait and see looks like the Reserve Bank's best strategy for interest rates, writes Brian Fallow.

Businesses are recognising there's more to a candidate's employability than purely academic qualifications, finds Danielle Wright

WATCH THE ECONOMY HUB: Liam Dann debates the big issues with two of the country's leading economists in our new business show.

Joyce writes about how we can learn from the tough times, especially those seemingly uncontrollable things that happen at work.

While climate change presents one of the greatest challenges of our time, it's also one of the biggest economic opportunities.

While the risk of a depression always exists, we should not fear recessions like our grandparents did, writes Mike Taylor.

Provision would give employees the right to ignore professional emails and other messages when outside the office.

So why do I suggest we let tired people nap on the job? Not only parents of young children, but now also the rest of society is sleep-deprived, writes Robyn Pearce.

Is it time to take the steering wheel and make some different turns?

Despite the clear advantages of a BYOD workplace, there are potential risks to a business, allowing corporate data to be accessed on personal devices.

New Zealand's economy remains relatively robust, but it feels as if the stakes have risen sharply in the past few weeks, writes Liam Dann.

Performance reviews are never fun and they're often more complicated than they should be, writes Bernard Hickey.

Devonshire, of West Harbour, was crushed in the incident which happened on her fifth week in the job.

The New Zealand dollar is heading for a 0.9 per cent weekly gain.

A man has died in a workplace incident in Christchurch this afternoon after he was trapped under the ramp of a truck.

The Employment Court has ruled Affco must allow 200 Wairoa freezing workers to return to their jobs.