The residential rebuild in Christchurch could require up to 12,500 full time workers and reveal a number of skills shortages in occupations such as concreting and carpentry, Prime Minister John Key says.

Almost half of Kiwis say they are uncomfortable with "friending" their boss on a social networking site.

TVNZ's Good Morning show will cease filming at its Lower Hutt studios from the end of this year.

Foodstuffs Wellington is making more than 100 people redundant in the lower North Island as part of a restructuring to save $4 million a year.

Workers who routinely pull sickies may be dissuaded from doing so by employment law changes that come into effect tomorrow, an employment lawyer says. Employers will be able to request employees provide a medical certificate after only one

Equities in Europe and on Wall Street advanced overnight amid optimism about a recovery in the US labour market.

Subsidies and job loss cover scheme will continue for two extra weeks.

Growing demand for bankers, lawyers and accountants.

A man who claimed his job was unjustifiably disadvantaged when he was given a final warning and later suspended was awarded lost pay and $5000 compensation by the Employment Relations Authority.