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.

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.

Incomes have become more unequal in recent decades and pay raises have been infrequent and skimpy for workers because they won't share pay information.

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.

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

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.

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

What is life like without a job for six months? It is a struggle, those at the coalface say.

Award-winning American author, professor and researcher David L. Blustein is visiting Auckland this month and he has a few things he wants to say to New Zealanders about the meaning of work in people's lives.

Welcome to my regular column entitled "My Light Bulb Moment". This series highlights a "blinding flash of insight" business, cultural and sports leaders have had in their career, and how this changed their lives forever.

If we ripped up the wage floor, would pay for low-skill workers actually fall all that much? It's hard to say.

Giant listed landlord Goodman Property Trust pushed up annual after-tax profit 72.1 per cent, making $134.1 million in the year to March 31.

Studies show that diversity is a good thing in the workplace - it brings better ideas, more creativity and freshness into a business, it also helps organisations understand and work in different markets.

Web-based tests have become a key gateway to landing a job, a potent screening tool that can effectively bump a CV to the top of a manager's pile.

Think of your manager as your number one customer, says psychologist Keith McGregor. It's a concept most people haven't thought of when they complain "my boss never listens to me" or "my boss takes no interest in what I'm doing".

Sorry, but the careers literature starts to define you as an older worker around the age of 45 years - but in some ways it's a bonus because it's a strong message that it's time to rethink and revision your career.

Inspired by Sheryl Sandberg's best-seller, Lean In, I decided to form a group of like-minded professional women who were interested in talking about career advancement.

Advice for women in leadership from Brenda Freeman of DreamWorks Animation.

Karla L. Miller gives advice on navigating the modern workplace

Employment grew strongly in the first three months of the year but so did the supply of workers, leaving unemployment unchanged and wage pressures subdued.

SkyCity CFO James Burrell, who had been seen as a potential leader, has resigned for family reasons and will return to the UK.

What happens if the payroll services company which the employer used for paying its employees failed to submit my opt-out form?

Chief executive Mark Powell has dared say what many others must surely think, but few are prepared to publicly utter: that executive pay is well into the realm of the ridiculous, writes Dita De Boni.