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How to avoid work these holidays
Planning on checking your emails from the beach or bach this summer? You're not alone. New research finds Kiwis are among the most hooked on work during holidays.
Planning on checking your emails from the beach or bach this summer? You're not alone. New research finds Kiwis are among the most hooked on work during holidays.
Workers pulling sickies are costing the economy millions of dollars but a business boss says the answer could be as simple as letting staff start late if they're nursing a Christmas party hangover.
The festering symptoms of "Dutch disease" have burst into a rash of losses across the Australian and New Zealand economies this week.
A labour group monitoring three Chinese factories that make iPhones and other Apple products says once-oppressive working conditions have steadily improved in the last 18 months.
Kelsen Findlay remembers the sense of awe he and classmates had at the start of their degree that one of their peers had scored an internship at Saatchi & Saatchi, Auckland.
A pregnant solo mother sacked a week before Christmas for allegedly stealing a $35 T-shirt has been awarded almost $20,000 for wrongful dismissal.
General Motors product development chief Mary Barra has been named the company's new chief executive, the first female head of a US car company.
A company has been found guilty of failing to take all practicable steps to protect employees over the Onehunga pipeline explosion that killed a woman in 2011.
Jobs advertised on the internet and in newspapers in Australia fell for the second consecutive month.
We must first conquer our island syndrome and pull together if we are ever to win the world from the edge, writes Kevin Roberts.
It's that time of year when people are rushing to finish work projects before Christmas, putting in extra hours and feeling overstressed, overworked and plain exhausted.
Bosses are being urged to look at why workers are staying home sick, as a new report puts the cost of employee absences at $1.26b a year.
Charges have been laid in relation to the death of a Hawkes Bay man at a building site after he was struck by a steel beam earlier this year.
For a conscientious employee, not having enough to do can be just as worrisome as too much work.
Workers from different generations want largely the same things from their ideal job, a new study has found.
Sometimes, all you need is one person. One person to inspire you, one person to believe in you, who gets where you're at and encourages you to reach your full potential.
If people feel they are being treated as disposable units of labour then outcomes will suffer, writes Peter Lyons. This may help explain why the growth in labour productivity in NZ over the past few decades has been less than spectacular.
Caregivers do tasks few could stomach, often for minimal wages, report Simon Collins and Martin Johnston.
Tourism firms find it up to 15 per cent more difficult finding staff than the New Zealand average, according to a government report.
Workplace bullying is harmful and someone who is being bullied should not accept it as something "normal", writes Val Leveson.
A property developer who went bankrupt owing $32m is being taken to the Employment Relations Authority by a former employee for more than $1m.
High school years are when teens face important decisions that will shape their future. But whom do they go to when they need advice?
Employment expert Tom O'Neil will be chatting online to help you survive this silly season, having a blast without destroying your dignity.
ANZ says the "worm has turned " and employment trends now looking positive.
The work Christmas do can be a minefield of alcohol-fuelled wit, drunken proposals, chronic boredom and stuffing yourself silly.