Author Susan Cain explains office layout for introverts - who make up up to half of the American population - and an alternative to the open plan office design.

A growing number of researchers are turning to big data in hopes of unlocking the secrets of the economy at the speed of the Internet.

Auckland house values rose 13.1 per cent annually but have shot up 30.6 per cent since the last peak of the market in 2007.

Weaker dairy prices have acted to drive the NZ dollar lower over the last few months, but currency strategists don't expect the kiwi to go into freefall.

Some companies are asking why not get rid of the management structure altogether?

Kiwi workers would jump ship for a 6 per cent pay rise, a new international employment survey indicates.

A sawmilling company "completely misused" their drug and alcohol policy to drug test 190 staff after cannabis plants were found on company grounds, a union says.

Google's decision to lay bare its lack of diversity ramps up the pressure on other Silicon Valley companies to increase the number of women and minorities among technology workers.

A plumber who had to stand alone in the rain while he waited for a ride home after being sacked has been awarded damages and lost wages by the Employment Relation Authority.

T-Mobile, Wal-Mart, Google and a host of other retail, tech and telecom companies are now operating like banks and they are piquing the interest of young people.

Under its equivalent of the cover of darkness Parliament has legislated to stop a rort by a subset of a subset of participants in the emissions trading scheme.

Signs of normality returned to the dairy sector yesterday when Fonterra forecast a $7 a kg farmgate milk price for 2014-15.

Washington Post career coach Joyce E.A. Russell answers questions from readers, dispensing advice to new graduates ready to enter the world of work.

Employers may be asked to do more for staff who are victims of domestic violence, if the Domestic Violence-Victims' Protection Bill is passed by Parliament.

The number of people buying homes with a deposit of less than 20 per cent is rising for the first time since the new mortgage-lending limits were introduced.

Logan Greasley plans to enter the mining industry as soon as possible and make all the money he can, driving the biggest rigs he can get his hands on.

A marketing survey found about three quarters of men and women polled admitted to using their smartphones on the toilet.

How to navigate the modern workplace where sensitive information is concerned.

McDonald's Chief Executive Don Thompson, defending the fast-food chain after worker protests this week, said its restaurants pay a fair wage.

Employers find it okay to employ Buddhists and Hindus but are wary of hiring Muslims, an AUT study has found.

The number of job advertisements online and in newspapers rose 2.3 per cent last month, continuing the trend of the three previous months.

The FBI is struggling to hire young hackers because its drug policy does not allow the use of cannabis. Unfortunately, hackers like their weed.

The population gain from migration has climbed to a 13-year high as the net loss of people to Australia dwindled to just 210 last month, the lowest for at least 18 years.

You can have too much of a good thing, as the saying goes, and right now it is a live question whether immigration is one of those good things, writes Brian Fallow.

Two years after running the Demand Equal Pay campaign to raise awareness around equal pay, the YWCA organisation is taking that campaign one step further.

The acquisition by French food giant Danone of two New Zealand dairy companies last month signals a new phase in the evolution of the local dairy industry.

Open-book management is a system in which every employee is walked through the detailed financial statements of the company on a regular basis.