Finance Minister Bill English confirmed today the Government is concerned about a double-dip recession, echoing Prime Minister John Key's caution in the face of weak employment figures and a fast-slowing Australian economy.

Jobs are disappearing and work is becoming transactional, a business futurologist says.

A union will be appealing Burger King's decision to issue a final warning to a Dunedin employee for posting the message "real jobs don't underpay and overwork people like BK does" on her private Facebook page.

I don't mind admitting that I know Miley Cyrus sings a song called 'The climb'.

Burger King has been accused of bullying a worker who complained about work conditions on Facebook.

John Key says people should not lose confidence in the job market despite this morning's increase in the unemployment rate.

New Zealand's jobless rate has unexpectedly widened to 6.8 per cent, sparking a sell-off in the kiwi dollar which dropped as much as half a cent.

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Haydn Shore - life as a bike park manager

Salary and wage rates, including overtime, grew 1.7 per cent in the year to the December quarter, says Statistics New Zealand.

NZ's 'brain drain' of skilled workers is set to worsen as big Aussie firms arrive offering 'fantastic job opportunities and lifestyles.'

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At one upmarket Auckland restaurant the waiting staff are likely to be at least as well qualified as their clientele.

Former employees have questioned Telecom's security policies and one can still look up customer details despite having left his job.

The Pike River mine tragedy would not have happened if NZ had maintained a mining inspector programme canned more than a decade ago, a mining expert says. He says families are right to be furious at the Govt for interfering in mine safety.