Middle managers are significantly likelier to suffer symptoms of depression and anxiety than their counterparts at the top or bottom of the hierarchy, a study has found.

The Health and Safety Reform Bill, will classify worm farming and cat breeding as high risk, ahead of sheep, beef and dairy farming.

Although around 6m Americans chose to work part time, that option was rare here a local recruitment expert says.

More Americans are abandoning the traditional career path and working just enough hours to pay the bills or pursue a passion.

Infrastructure has long been something of an old boys' club - but Lara Poloni, chief executive of AECOM Australia and New Zealand - says that times are changing.

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 young woman who was sacked a day after her 90-day trial finished has been awarded more than $10,000 compensation.

Downbeat economic commentary continued to flow yesterday, with Westpac saying it expects New Zealand's annual GDP growth to dip below 2 per cent, while ANZ's Truckometer is pointing to a clear....

The workplace is filled with opportunities to negotiate. The most important thing you can do is fully prepare, writes Joyce Russell.

Top broadcaster Carol Hirschfeld has accused Rachel Smalley of inverse sexism for criticising the appointment of her old 3News colleague John Campbell.

Microsoft is improving its policies as the issue of gender equity gains greater prominence in the tech industry.

A key result from EY's recent global job creation survey indicates that 65 per cent of those aged between 18 and 25 plan to run their own business at some point: 27 per cent immediately and 38 per cent after working for someone else.

There's something about working and it's not just the money, writes Gene Nicolson, a former employment skills tutor who found himself out of work.

Seven former Mike Pero Mortgages' franchisees have taken High Court action over restraint-of-trade obligations.

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.

An Uber case debating employee or independent contractor status is significant for other firms in the sharing economy.

The jobless rate is up as the number of new jobs created fails to keep pace with an expanding population.

Microsoft has agreed to invest about US$100 million ($152 million) in Uber Technologies at a valuation of around US$50 billion, a source says.

Abbie Reynolds says she has the perfect job.

An Auckland Council boss who splashed out more than $900 on restaurant meals and drinks on his work credit card has sparked a warning about fraud risks.

Facebook has announced that other companies can use its internal diversity training. But is this a case of "Do as I say and not as I do?"

We need to return to a leadership land where we put people ahead of money, short-term opportunism and pure shareholder interest, writes Chris Till.

New Zealand business confidence fell for a second month, to the most pessimistic in six years, led by the agricultural sector and construction companies.

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

A new survey says New Zealand might be one of the world leaders in valuing the skills of mothers returning to the workplace.

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

Pressure is building on Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings as the dairy industry faces up to a winter of discontent, writes Liam Dann.

Jamie Gray writes: For Fonterra's farmers, investors and employees the severity of the dairy downturn will become clear early next month.