Taking initiative is an important factor when considering someone for a career advancement, business leaders say.

COMMENT: If you missed out on a payrise in the past year - or it was so small you hardly noticed - then don't feel too bad. You weren't alone.

School pals turn a summer college moving job into a $50 million firm with 100 franchises.

The best of NZ Herald Business: Robots, virtual reality, artificial intelligence -- will they kill our jobs? And how do we future-proof our children?

Our workplaces could benefit from more kindness, politeness and civility.

The former accounts assistant stole money from her bosses in the UK to fund a high-flying trip to New York.

He accessed hardcore porn at work and was alleged to have visited sites with swimsuit models, but now a Perth car dealer's won $25,000 in damages.

Follow these steps and you'll be in line for a pay rise.

More than three quarters of Kiwis are actively looking for a new job, up more than 20 per cent in six months.

Roger Ailes resigned as head of the Fox News Channel leaving Rupert Murdoch to settle frayed nerves.

Scared to lose your job in the future? Hate your boss? Want to make more money?

A small business dismissed a poorly performing worker under the 90 day trial period policy, but got it wrong.

The union representing workers at the Tiwai Point smelter have reached a settlement for years of underpayments.

Envirowaste must pay a truck driver $32,300 after he was fired for a drug test that showed up positive for cannabis.

An employer has lost a bid for a stay of execution on an order to pay a former employee $23,000.

COMMENT: Empowering women is essential to drive social and economic progress, and sustainable business growth.

A Silicon Valley start-up has implemented a weekly 36-hour starvation period for all employees.

Two weeks has been set aside to decide Eden Group's claim in the Employment Court in November.

The gender divide in New Zealand is still dominating the employment market, according to Trade Me Job's latest data.

Faking your CV and ranting on social media and surefire ways to get fired.

COMMENT: Have you been with your team long enough to experience that eerie feeling of déjà vu?

Don't be too hung up on experience - attitude counts for more than you realise.

Kiwis are unaware they're owed billions in back pay - and $1m a day is being written off, writes Sam Huggard.

Dakota Hemmingson has been awarded $13,250 after being forced out of her job because of her transition.

COMMENT: Find a strong mentor. There's nothing like the wisdom from someone who has been there and back.

Carers take on Government in court appeal for a minimum wage.

Three top businesswoman have been inducted into the Business Hall of Fame for Women Entrepreneurs this evening.

A Christchurch plasterer was fired after his boss told him to return to work or to "show proof" his partner's grandmother was dying.

A woman working on a farm owned by her father and stepmother was forced to leave after a heated argument.