More than 50 long-serving TAB workers look set to lose their jobs as the agency prepares to close its Auckland phone betting centre at Ellerslie.

Almost half of Auckland's small and medium-sized firms expect a lift in sales in the coming year, research suggests.

Revenue Minister Peter Dunne says his proposed tax on employer-provided carparks is about fairness and he questions why opponents have only now challenged the plan.

When it comes to hiring IT staff, there's at least as much pressure on employers to put their best foot forward as there is on job candidates.

More than 350 young people have signed on as building apprentices since a $2000 bonus became available last Wednesday for the first 10,000 apprentices who sign up.

New Zealand's largest health insurer is supporting a proposed tax change to make policy cover cheaper.

Guy Hallwright has failed in his bid to win back his job with Forsyth Barr after the ERA ruled his conviction for running over a man had damaged the company's reputation.

An 18-year-old bar worker sacked for taking $12 of unclaimed pokie machine winnings as a tip has been awarded more than $13,000 compensation for being unfairly dismissed.

The job climate is highly unpredictable, and there are huge issues regarding youth unemployment yet to be addressed. For students or new graduates, there is a strategic approach for all these aspects.

The jobs of 139 health and safety inspectors will be disestablished and staff made to reapply for the positions.

A Parliamentary committee has recommended a starting wage for youth be passed into law.

The Employment Relations Authority has awarded a man more than $16,000 after he was sacked for refusing to do a job which he thought was illegal.

I'm starting to feel guilty about this long decadent Auckland summer. It could just be my grandmother's Presbyterian streak kicking it.

There are fears that hundreds of jobs are on the line as union bosses go into urgent meetings with several big businesses battling to survive.

As more people upgrade to smartphones there are growing fears that constant availability for work will destroy work-life balance.

Precarious work creates a group of people who are insecure in all senses - financial, self and social, writes Susan Guthrie and Gareth Morgan.

A teacher at one of New Zealand's most prestigious private boarding schools was sacked after a disagreement over grades descended into an drawn-out dispute.

Prices would have to go up by 6 to 8 per cent to pay a "living wage" of $18.40 an hour to workers in the lowest-paid sectors - hospitality and retailing.

A deer farm worker who was dismissed after more than 20 animals died from disease has been awarded more than $12,000.

A new free service has been launched by a Warkworth businessman to help close the gap on New Zealand's skills shortages.

The Mainzeal receivership highlights once again the poor governance of the Richina Pacific group of companies.

Many of Mainzeal's workforce of 400 staff learned about the collapse of the company on Waitangi Day through the media.

Very weak jobs data from Statistics New Zealand yesterday raised economists' eyebrows.

New Zealand's unemployment rate fell from a 13-year high in the last three months of 2012 as people stopped looking for work and the participation rate shrank.