Most workplaces seem ill-prepared to accommodate the new law change which would allow managers to exercise more control over workers' regular breaks.

A departing Fonterra executive has pipped CEO Andrew Ferrier's take-home salary, receiving total payments of up to $3.72 million.

Consumer confidence is the highest it has been since December 2007, according to the monthly ANZ-Roy Morgan survey.

Australian businesspeople are fast becoming confident that their country is emerging from the economic crisis.

The number of employees planning to change jobs is rising, a sure sign that the economic downturn seems to have passed.

Bridgestone's Japanese owners blame tougher global competition for the closure. They are also shutting a plant in Adelaide.

Women are finding entry to the boardroom even tougher after the recession, says Gill South.

The number of work stoppages so far this year is well down on a year earlier.

The global economy will take at least another year to get back on its feet, with no guarantees of more jobs, says KPMG.

An ultimatum to NZ Bus from the ARC may have worsened the dispute with its drivers, NZ Bus's general manager says.

The Auckland Regional Council chairman Mike Lee delivers an ultimatum to the bus company at the centre of the industrial dispute - either fix it up or lose your contract.

NZ's dole queue has shrunk for the first time this year, raising hopes that employment might pick up sooner than expected.

Baby Boomer lifestyles 'are coming home to roost' as defaults on credit payments rise, a credit information provider says.