As the Christmas season approaches, staff at companies across New Zealand are gearing up for their annual work Christmas functions.

Wind down, don't crank up as the year comes to an end

Christmas parties are a great time to blow off steam with colleagues, but they often end in disaster for the inebriated.

John Key's best asset for a future career is likely to be his extensive networks both in New Zealand and internationally.

Ever torn the wrapping off a Secret Santa present, only to be horrified by what's inside? You're not alone.

A younger boss steering older subordinates may have an effect on company performance, a study suggests.

Whether you are interviewing for the first time or fifth time, here's things to remember.

When Megan started working at Macca's at the age of 14, it was supposed to be an after-school job. Now she's turned it into a career.

A Rotorua business has been ordered to pay a former employee $33,661 and pay $40,000 in penalties for not paying him.

Intrapreneurship is becoming a buzz word as organisations look to their staff for innovations

A Queenstown man's arm was mangled to the bone after it became caught in a conveyor belt at his workplace.

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely thinks bonuses designed to motivate workers -- and CEOs -- are often "a waste of money."

Women are being branded an untapped resource in filling the national trades shortage, as a new company seeks to get women into the construction industry.

If you need some advice on your resume, take it from someone who's seen over 40,000.

In a major boost in the fight for equal pay new legislation will make it easier for women to file claims with employers and not have to go through the courts.

Almost every day our news feeds are full of people posting dodgy photos and comments online, which will only come back to haunt them

Challenges facing businesses lately have been nothing short of dramatic

COMMENT: Four ways to tell whether you are really okay with imperfection.

Many Kiwis believe that gender equality in senior positions is an issue

There are going to be a lot of fit office workers in Wellington with the city's 2500 needing surveying.

COMMENT: 'Blinking' words sound important, but nobody knows what they really mean.

A ranking of CEO compensation at companies filling benchmark indexes in 25 of the world's largest economies shows the biggest paychecks.

As Govt announces its relief package, Kaikoura businesses spell out what they need to survive.

People "lucky enough" to work in these jobs are going to rake in the cash when the next economic boom hits. Time for a career change?

Being an ethical business is something that "just makes sense" says TOMS footwear Australian managing director John Elliott.

COMMENT: What does our local market provide in the co-working space, you might have wondered.

As a teenager, Zane Harris rebelled against his alternative "hippie" upbringing and went on to pursue a corporate career. But a few

Te Whanau-a-Apanui land trustees have set up a forest road engineering company on the East Cape, employing twenty locals, including ex-pats. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Sticking cigarettes up bottoms and "cockfights". The bullying inside Australia's most humiliating workplace.

A Pak 'n Save deli manager was sacked for changing the use-by dates on chickens.