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Increasing numbers of jobseekers are battling for fewer jobs.
NZ’s biggest new supermarket opens this month
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Apartment developer declares insolvency owing $3.76m
Unexpected cost rises, Covid delays, cooling market blamed for development failure.
Beca’s new flexi-working HQ: 900 desks for 1400 staff
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Dellwyn Stuart: How NZ businesses can tackle the gender pay gap
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NZ productivity crisis blamed on brain drain, dismal pay prospects
We're just not ambitious enough, recruitment firm says.
Employment confidence rises despite looming 5% unemployment rate forecast
Job market may have stabilised despite concerns over jitters.
Whakaari White Island tour company owes $8.5m, liquidators say
Just $53,000 in assets as liquidators work to sell what they can.
'Hold them captive': Kiwi billionaire boss wants to ban staff leaving for coffee
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Economists pick the three big issues for NZ in 2025
Last year inflation was the big worry but it has now fallen down the list.
The grey wave of Kiwis working past the conventional age of retirement
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Soft skills key: Expert predicts job market trends for 2025
Soft skills are increasingly in demand as artificial intelligence takes over hard skills.
Ten most valuable deals by foreigners trading NZ assets in latest year
Value of deals in 2024 was less than half the value of those the previous year.
Paul Jarvie: Retirement – is it for all of us, or only some of us?
With the right support, older employees bring experience and economic value.
Paul Jarvie: Stop calling workplace safety failures ‘accidents’
For too long, ‘accident’ has been a blanket term that absolves responsibility.
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ProLink calls in liquidator, 190 laid off a week before Christmas
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Opinion: Barriers hindering Māori and Pasifika in workplace
OPINION: One-third of Māori, Pasifika report career barriers; equity boosts innovation.
Flatpacked and ready: Ikea warehouse opened today
Goods to be shipped from China and Malaysia mainly, but also other parts of the world.
'State of shock' - vendors v agent who gave keys to buyer before settlement
Parmar gave keys to the purchaser the day before settlement without the vendors' consent.
Aggrieved by your employer, but also in the wrong? Your payout could be wiped
Brooke van Velden details employment law change flagged in National-Act agreement.
Inside Economics: Is NZ poorer than the poorest US state?
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'I bleed orange but this is awful': Mitre 10 selling properties to repay debt
'Sale of several non-strategic property assets [to] re-cycle capital, reduce debt.'