A New Plymouth retail store sacked shop assistant Ericia Durning after she took home a car magazine without permission last year.

The boss of a technology start-up in Seattle has shocked his employees by raising his company's minimum wage to US$70,000 ($92,160).

The price of Fonterra Shareholders' Fund units fell to their lowest point since listing after the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction registered another fall in product prices.

A shop worker who was fired and reported to police for taking home a magazine has been awarded more than $9000 in compensation.

How pleasing it was to see Labour Minister Michael Woodhouse walk back from the worst excesses of zero-hour contracts this week, Dita De Boni writes.

Too often the purpose of why a company exists becomes lost in an unrelenting focus on the bottom-line.

Just as Labour governments are prone to cater to even the more extravagant wishes of trade unionists, so their National counterparts can find it difficult to resist the over-the-top whims of....

New Zealand's wealthiest philanthropists and community trusts are being urged to link up with local employers to create jobs for unemployed young people.

The New Zealand dollar is back trading above 99 Australian cents and sparking renewed speculation of parity.

If you'd like a challenge, I thoroughly recommend getting some wheels and starting to train for a cycle trail somewhere next summer.

The two Budget-related announcements risked giving every impression that National is running on empty, reckons John Armstrong.

Better than nothing, but only just. The increase in funding for business research and development grants Prime Minister John Key announced yesterday looks even less impressive in light of numbers....

When two employees of a Christchurch insurance company decided to engage in sexual activity under the fluorescent lights of a glass-clad office, they had little idea of the furore that would....

Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Woodhouse is keen to see some of the harshest contracts outlawed.

The most punitive aspects of zero-hour contracts will be banned, the Government says.

Prime Minister John Key believes a surplus is still possible but the Government will not deliver a slash-and-burn Budget to get one.

Strikes and protests at McDonald's will go ahead this week after a union rejected a new employment offer from the fast food giant.

Research finds three new facts that show how much pay still differs for men and women - even at the very top.

If you are reading this and you don't own Auckland property, this will probably ruin your Sunday.

Karla L. Miller's advice to a reader on how to handle a hostile takeover situation.

Amid all the chatter of parity this week, I heard not a word of credit given to those who changed the country, writes John Roughan.

"One of the most important realisations for me was the determination, energy, focus and 'stickability' needed to make our business a success," says Hannah Shone, founder of The Natural Parent magazine.

Rather than being "unadjusted and unsustainable", the exchange rate may reflect the fact that the NZ economy is not quite the basket-case the Nats' opponents would wish to paint it, writes John Armstrong.

More than half of company bosses are planning to freeze salaries this year, but skilled finance and accounting professionals are more likely to get a boost in pay.

New projects and increased demand will underpin a recruitment drive this year in Auckland's information technology sector, says Absolute IT director Grant Burley.

The former Telecom boss has a lower profile, but she’s very much back in business — though the scale is a little smaller these days.