An Auckland hardware store has had to pay nearly $60,000 after one of its employees lost two of his fingers while using an industrial saw.

Humans are designed to move constantly, not to sit for hours every day in front of screens.

The annual Christmas Party is the perfect opportunity to kick back and celebrate a great year with your colleagues over a drink or two ... or is it?

Former Health Minister Tony Ryall has found post-Parliament life at major law firm Simpson Grierson.

What would you do if the sales presentation you were about to give was all wrong? A predicament I found myself in, 30,000 feet in the sky.

What could business leaders learn from a captain in a long-distance yacht race? Plenty, says Volom marketer Jason Willis.

Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz says young people out of work should consider working for free.

High performers can be retained by rewarding them with the attention and remuneration they deserve.

A man has been ordered to pay his ex-wife and business partner more than $100,000 after their relationship ended and she was sacked.

Strategies to help you commit to finishing tasks and avoid interrupting the flow of your activities.

A word of encouragement for working mums: You are actually more productive than your childless peers.

Promotion used to mean climbing the ladder of an organisational hierarchy, when the ladders had many more rungs than they do now.

Experts are warning employers advertising for "young" staff" could be in breach of the Human Rights Act.

Union slams “antipathy” against forestry workers and their representatives, as safety review pins blame for sector’s high fatality rate on everyone involved.

A law which takes away the legal right to a tea break and weakens collective bargaining has taken line honours as the first law change passed in National’s third term.

Companies wanting to stay competitive in a fast-changing business environment need open and innovative workplaces, says TakeOn chief executive Paul Stewart.

Women are more likely to work in lower paying jobs as they become heavier. Not so for men, a US study shows.

Companies are rolling out the welcome mat for its employees' parents to stoke higher engagement among employees.

When we tell ourselves that we're too busy, that message becomes part of a loop between our speech and our subconscious.

The Government's Employment Relations Amendment Bill is best known for its removal of guaranteed rest and meal breaks. What else does it do?

Yesterday the Court of Appeal decided the act meant something more: that women have the right to be paid the same as men doing a different job if the work is comparable.

Kiwi women are among the most educated in the world, a new report shows, but why is the gap between what they earn relative to men getting bigger?