John Key will celebrate the conclusion of the TPP talks at a meeting chaired by US President Barack Obama at the Apec summit in Manila today.

An Auckland company where an experienced crane operator was crushed to death has been ordered to pay $116,000.

Much like a bad romance, a bad hire can have significant financial and emotional costs.

Organisations eager to save money tend to get creative, and office treats can seem like the kind of expense a company should reconsider.

He is allowed to stay in New Zealand permanently because the Government deemed his skills useful to the country.

The partner of a forestry worker killed when he was crushed between two felled trees has hit out at a coroner's findings into his death.

One big piece of news in the past couple of weeks has been the release of a new paper by recent economics Nobel winner Angus Deaton.

A construction company employee was struck by a chain which caused a forehead laceration and damage to the eye.

A more cheerful picture of productivity growth than the official statistics give us emerges from new research into what has been happening at the level of individual firms.

Robyn Pearce talks about the effects of being too available. "Many go home every night frustrated by the myriad interruptions that block them from attending to their real work."

Sub-Saharan has had the fastest economic growth over the last 10 years.

It can feel great getting news that you have an interview for the job you want. But after rocking up and meeting your prospective employer, the question of when to ask about the salary can loom large.

An economy with a permanent pool of unemployed and with no real growth in wage rates is also an economy with less purchasing power and demand than it ideally needs, writes Bryan Gould.

The Auckland housing market slowed last month following the introduction of new restrictions, according to the latest industry figures.

Kiwis companies, it seems, are liberal on the idea of employees with visible tattoos.

November 10 is Equal Pay Day. There is 14 per cent of the year left to run and, as New Zealand women on average earn 14 per cent an hour less than men, women effectively work from now until the end of the year unpaid.

Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings says losing Chinese market share to European dairy competitors is a concern for New Zealand.

Chinese engineers are allegedly being paid $61 per day, well below NZ's minimum wage of $14.25 per hour.

Auckland house prices have been driven by speculative demand as much as - or probably more than - a shortage of supply.

NZ companies are failing to develop skills in graduates say recruitment specialists.

China's Yashili NZ has this afternoon officially opened its $220m infant formula manufacturing plant in Pokeno.

After promising to ban the punitive aspects of zero hour contracts, the Minister is championing a Bill that will entrench them, writes Robert Reid. It appears that we have a government and a Minister who operate in a kind of cul-de-sac.

A winter storm caused a chill in workplace relations between two people working in close quarters.

As I work with people around the world on their productivity issues, everyone shares one common challenge - too much time spent on email.

Auckland's biggest real estate agency says median house prices dropped 1.3 per cent last month and its chief also acknowledged auction clearance rates had "slowed".

Almost three-quarters of Kiwis are working in different jobs than what they set their sights on at school, with women facing more twists and turns than their male colleagues.

Danielle Wright finds out the best ways to avoid ruining your career.

Local tech company Blerter, has launched an app that aims to revolutionise how health and safety work place hazards and policies are identified.