A male dominated workplace could cause dangerous levels of stress in women, according to researchers.

A former assistant director at then Serco-run Mt Eden Prison disputed a report in yesterday's Herald that he was dismissed for refusing to take a workplace drug test

Pak'n Save worker stormed off the job after colleague said "good morning" to him, following an agreement the two men would not speak to each other in the workplace.

Entrepreneurial businesses are constantly thinking of ways to change the working environment, in the hope of creating a more inspiring, productive, cost-effective workplace. The end game is more engaged workers and a better bottom line.

A bill banning zero-hour contracts without compensating the worker or without allowing the worker to turn down the work has been introduced to Parliament today.

A man has been fined more than $2000 after he carried out illegal work on his property- leaving exposed, live cables hanging from a ceiling.

Amid so much success in the tech industry, there is also a whiff of hubris - of which the lavish treatment of employees is just one symptom, writes Matthew Lynn.

Uber may look twice at contracts it has here in New Zealand if a US court rules its 200,000 Californian drivers are employees, not contractors.

About one thousand meatworkers at eight Affco plants in the North Island have voted to strike for two days.

New Zealand could actively encourage the disclosure of serious wrongdoing by financially incentivising whistleblowers to make protected disclosures, writes Anthony Russell.

Union chief says he received a tip that hundreds of Westpac staff face losing their jobs.

IRD staff are being hauled before their manager if they have even one day off ill, as the tax agency grapples with its high level of sick leave.

It's not all sweetness and light, but Air NZ's new industrial relations strategy is replacing decades of distrust, reports Grant Bradley.

'I'd really love my work if it wasn't for the office politics," says Amanda, who works in a central Auckland office.

Car groomers working for Matthew Ridge claim they were verbally attacked, but firm says it’s 'blackmail and extortion'.

A mushroom picker who was accused of stealing a colleague's mobile phone has won a case of unfair dismissal after his bosses failed to investigate the allegations properly.

Younger people often seem to have a natural understanding of how people are engaging in the marketplace writes Liam Dann.

New Zealanders grew more downcast about the state of the labour market in the second quarter, with a softer outlook for wage growth weighing on confidence.

A chef in a South Island tourist hot spot worked for around 60 hours per week and received about $1800 per month, some $660 less than he should have.

A teenage girl who earned less than $2 an hour for waitressing because she was deemed to be a volunteer has won a ruling that says she was an employee.

An Auckland mother was told that having her kids in daycare could affect her job prospects because she would need too many sick days to care for them.

The former New Zealand boss of JPMorgan Chase will need to bring any claim against the bank in the District or High Court.

Former Invercargill MP and farmer Eric Roy has been appointed to the board of state-owned landowner Landcorp Farming.

The double digit rise in the average pay packets for New Zealand's top chief executives is likely to stir some controversy, writes Liam Dann.

A roast shop worker has received $5000 in compensation after her boss called her a b**ch on Facebook.

The owners of a liquor store who were found to have racially harassed an employee have lodged an appeal against the judgment, saying they weren't given a chance to defend the claims.

Call centre bosses who fired a woman shortly after she had a miscarriage have been told to pay up.

Labour continued to bay for Murray McCully’s blood in Parliament yesterday over the Saudi farm saga.