Silver Fern Farms faces a bill of up to $3 million after it was ruled it made more than 100 Dunedin seasonal meat workers redundant.

Mighty River Power chairwoman Joan Withers talks to Henri Eliot on corporate governance.

My mother had clinical depression. As a consequence, I experienced difficult and upsetting moments in my childhood - none more so than when she was absent from home, residing in a psychiatric hospital.

As the end of the year approaches, deadlines get closer and the pressure starts to mount. It's easy to find ourselves working long coffee-fuelled hours and feeling near the end of our tether.

Steve Saunders' initial exposure to the horticultural innovation that has been a hallmark of his career came in the 1990s.

Embattled public service supremo Iain Rennie enjoyed a $50,000 salary bump last year, but it was eclipsed by several other public sector bosses.

John Key drew criticism over an OECD report which estimated that growth in income inequality over 20 years has knocked 10 percentage points off NZ's economic growth.

The NZ economy would have been 10pc larger were it not for a steep rise in income inequality in the late 1980s, says OECD report.

Holidays. They should be a time to recharge, relax and enjoy a change of pace. But the hardest part can be the unwinding, breaking the routine ... and turning the mobile phone off.

One of the features of KiwiSaver is you can take a holiday from contributions.

How many accountants will soon be out of a job because they are not tech-oriented, or open to redesigning their business?

Low-paid women throughout New Zealand are lining up for what may be the biggest push in almost 40 years to close the pay gap with men - this time through the courts.

Don't minimise the importance of celebrating small wins with the entire team at work. It is more important than you think.

Teresa Ciprian, a former executive at French food giant Danone, is Zespri's first woman director.

Designed to catch you out or trip you up, this age old interview probe can actually be taken as a positive question.

Manukau Institute of Technology is holding a computer programming competition for schoolgirls aimed at tackling the lagging number of women working in the ICT sector.

Disruption is shaking up the existing order in today's workplaces. The aim of Frog Recruitment's final iNTRAPRENEUR breakfast for 2014 was to find out if we need to panic about the breakthrough disruptions that are reshaping the world of work.

New Zealand's economy remains patchy and continues to give off mixed signals, says Shamubeel Eaqub, NZIER principal economist.

Driving environmental sustainability at a petrol retailer seems counterintuitive at best; at worst, being on a hiding to nothing.

Being able to identify recruitment agencies who share your enthusiasm about your career and provide a 'whole person' approach is key.

There's a common belief that women are better at multi-tasking than guys. It's only partly true.

The labour watchdog says it's time for communities to take a stand against migrant workers being exploited by their bosses, as 11 Auckland restaurants have been fined for failing to provide employment records.

"Get on yer bike," Ricoh New Zealand managing director Michael Pollok is telling staff. And he means it.

Eleven Auckland restaurants have been fined $66,000 for failing to provide employment records to a labour inspector.

A Curriculum Vitae or CV is your calling card to prospective employers - it is there to attract attention so you get that all-important interview.