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Have you got a problem at work?
No one likes to leave a perfectly good job, but, sometimes, conflict at work makes you feel there's no other option.

Yahoo CEO gives birth to twins
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has given birth to twin girls and says she will only take a few weeks of maternity leave.

Worker crushed between trucks named
Colin Andrew Craig, a 65-year-old from Christchurch, died in hospital after the accident at GVI Logistics in Ivan Jamieson Place, near Christchurch Airport.

Fired for taking Xmas party food trays
A warehouse manager was fired when his boss suspected him of stealing from a Christmas morning tea shout.

Compensation awarded to dismissed online shopper
A Christchurch woman who was accused of sexually harassing a fellow employee has been awarded $8000 in lost wages and compensation.

Success in NZ no longer just a guy thing
Awards show gender equality may finally be the norm at top table.

Worker crushed between trucks dies
A man crushed between two trucks at a Christchurch work site this morning has died in hospital, police have confirmed.

Raewyn Court: Keep working on having a real holiday
For those feeling overwhelmed by the work/life juggle, goals for next year will need to focus on improving the ratio of work to family and leisure time in order to avoid burnout, writes Raewyn Court.

Changing face of the workplace
Deep inside Facebook's massive new HQ, the largest open-office workspace in the world, sits the desk of Lindsay Russell.

Monster slide collapse: Businessman fined
A businessman has been fined for obstructing investigations after children were injured in an inflatable slide collapse.

Plan for study of migrant investment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is keen on better understanding the boon that investor-category migrants provide the country.

Most millennials would settle for a steady job
A steady job with time to spend with friends and family is most important for millennials.

Boss fined after employee injured
A Canterbury boss has been fined thousands of dollars after his employee's thumb was severed by an unguarded machine used to cut firewood.

Firms ready for silly season
Christmas Day is less than four weeks away and the busy silly season is kicking in.

Bedding worker's wife may end in court
A farm manager is considering employment action against his boss after discovering he was having an affair with his wife.

Man killed in workplace incident named
Police believe John Douglas Howe was struck by a truck in the driveway in South Auckland on Wednesday.

Party pill godfather owes $3.5m
The man who introduced legal highs to New Zealand could face bankruptcy action.

Workplace death in South Auckland
A 54-year-old man died in a workplace accident in South Auckland this afternoon.

Would you give this man a job?
The toned-up executive in the sharp suit, the well-dressed account manager with perfect makeup - when it comes to work success your appearance can make a difference.

Weight gain big worry for home workers - survey
A new global survey has revealed weight gain is the biggest worry among those working from home.

Why Zuckerberg's paternity leave matters
With a picture on his Facebook page of a car seat, a stroller and his dog, Mark Zuckerberg announced he'd be taking two months of parental leave.

Adam Feeley quits Queenstown council job
Chief executive of Queenstown Lakes District Council has called it quits.

Walmart worker fired for collecting bottles
Employee was fired after he collected empty bottles to recycle for cash.

Politics and work a murky area
Vocal expression of opinions in the office can cause problems for bosses as well as workers.

New kind of bean counter at work
Coffee is big business and high-end firms are competing to be the one that provides the best for their staff.

Man slips in vomit, runs own head over
A man who died in a grader accident was unwell and threw up in the cab before slipping in his vomit, falling out of the machine and running himself over: coroner.

Worker unfairly fired for cannabis claim
Co-worker had accused him of smoking synthetic cannabis on site and sitting in the middle of the road.

Pike River: 'Workplace attitudes need to change'
This week's anniversary of the Pike River mining disaster has sparked the need for workplace health and safety attitudes to change.