Comfort zones can be very hard to get out of but staying there too long can be, well, uncomfortable. What many people don't realise is that getting out of your comfort zone is not necessarily a great leap and can be done in small steps.

Most people have no idea how much money chief executives make compared with the average worker.

A man squatting at a property since the owner moved back in has been unsuccessful in asking the ERA to acknowledge his status as the owner's employee.

The solution to Auckland's serious housing shortage is - when viewed calmly - logical, writes Bob Jones. Emulate Dubai, and hire cheap overseas workers.

One of the main trends coming through from this year's pay survey is the lack of women in the list of top-paid chief executives. So where are they?

Barfoot and Thompson has just released its annual landlord survey - and it revealed most are planning to put rents up by about 5 per cent.

Tamsyn Parker writes: We're living in a "rock star" economy, even Finance Minister Bill English reckons we should all be in line for a pay rise. But how do you broach the subject?

You already know that caffeine is a drug, but really thinking about what that means in terms of physiological effects on your body can be a little alarming.

A new category recognising diversity in the workplace has been added to the Deloitte Top 200 Award, to be announced in November.

If the country has just voted for three more years of the status quo, one area where that is not nearly good enough is climate policy.

A construction worker recruited from England to work on the Christchurch rebuild has been awarded almost $40,000 after he was found to have been unjustifiably dismissed.

'The hardest thing for me after my mum died was going back to work," says Barbara (not her real name).

Data warehousing software provider Wherescape has shelved its plans to carry out a stock market listing, according to market sources.

Andrew Bell of Andiamo has been appointed to operate the new Cornwall Park Cafe and the former Cornwall Park Restaurant, also known as the Kiosk, which has been closed for many months.

Shamubeel Eaqub The Government will focus on Resource Management Act and local government reform to create more land supply and housing, says Shamubeel Eaqub, NZIER principal economist.

Aucklanders reportedly flocked to open homes on Sunday, surer of their spending power post-election.

Consumer confidence has strengthened - marginally - in the latest ANZ Roy Morgan monthly survey.

Annual net migration rose to a record in August spurred by more migrant arrivals and the ongoing decline of Kiwis leaving for Australia.

Behind the scenes, the Auckland-based developer of medical software has been carrying out pre-IPO marketing with institutional investors on both sides of the Tasman.

National has steered the economy through the global financial crisis and the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes towards a fiscal surplus, so this election is its to lose.

Wages continued to grow more slowly than output per person over the past year.

The NZ economy grew just ahead of expectations in the second three months of the year, with the fastest growth in the services sector for seven-and-a-half years.

National has announced further steps to try to reduce benefit numbers by 25 per cent, including paying more people to move to other regions for jobs and bonus payments for those who stay in a job for a certain period of time.

Recruiters spend an average of six seconds looking at each resume that crosses their desk and New Zealanders are making silly errors that are costing them their dream jobs.

The skills shortage 'red flag' is going unnoticed in many regions as employers ignore the signals.

Watercare chief executive Mark Ford - who is known as "The Fixer" - is expected to step down shortly for health reasons.