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Orchards facing labour shortage threat
Late start to the season means apple growers will face a race against time to have fruit picked, raising concerns about the availability of labour.
Late start to the season means apple growers will face a race against time to have fruit picked, raising concerns about the availability of labour.
Air NZ Is appealing an Employment Court decision it says lets the country's largest pilots' union cherry-pick good parts of other employment deals.
The Salvation Army's annual report on New Zealand life is surprisingly rosy, but it does highlight some concerns, Simon Collins reports.
Minister Coleman labelled 'cowardly' over refusal to comment on DHB leave blowout.
Schools are urging students and parents to find another form of transport to class on Friday.
The Employment Court has ruled Affco must allow 200 Wairoa freezing workers to return to their jobs.
New immigrants to Auckland unfamiliar with the health system are turning up to hospitals when they should be going to doctors, MPs on the health committee heard yesterday.
The Government says there are strong prospects for construction, infrastructure and the IT sector. But things look dim for actors, pilots and air traffic controllers.
This is a worldwide issue with a vast literature and history internationally and in NZ, writes Prue Hyman. Sadly, substantial political resistance is encountered worldwide in remedying the situation.
Disclosing a mental health issue in a workplace is still a risky call for most workers, research shows.
INTERACTIVE: Unemployment rates have fallen to the lowest level since recession but not everyone is feeling the benefits.
Taken at face value, the December quarter numbers are evidence that the labour market has tightened, in defiance of the forecasters, writes Brian Fallow. But that has yet to show up in the wages data.
A bus strike will cause disruptions to several bus services in Auckland between 9am and 2.30pm tomorrow.
The unemployment rate has unexpectedly fallen to a six year low of 5.3 per cent.
Big job losses in the "depressed" Buller economy have been blamed for a glut of hundreds of properties currently for sale in Westport and surrounding areas.
For many school-leavers university is a great option. It can lead to rewarding careers.
A shortage of truck drivers is causing disruption to productivity and efficiency of many businesses.
New Zealand workers are among the most holiday deprived in the world, according to a global study.
Humanoid robots are fulfilling an increasingly broad range of jobs in Japan.
Widening wage and home ownership gap is employment time bomb, warn business leaders.
Thinking of a job change? Here are eight common CV mistakes.
The Employment Relations Authority has been critical of Vodafone's restructure process and penalised the company.
Herald analysis shows finance, media and IT sectors have the biggest discrepancies in pay equality.
The gloomy mood of NZ business has turned around, with the latest opinion survey showing better trading activity and confidence about the year ahead.
The New Zealand job market is at a six-year high with 92.5 per cent of employers indicating they intend on hiring more staff or maintaining existing levels.
After a period of little employment growth in many sectors, the job market shows signs of picking up.
Kiwi workers became more optimistic about their job prospects in the December, with employees feeling more secure and expecting future pay rises.