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![Hit for six by subsidy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Hit for six by subsidy
Nearly a third of employees who find work, partly thanks to a Government subsidy for their employers, are not kept on once the money runs out.
![Fitting work around life in an encore career](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Fitting work around life in an encore career
There comes a time in many people's lives when they feel they have nothing to prove any more. They've had their demanding, successful career, and now they want more quality of life - but they don't want to disappear into retirement.
![From Everest to sweeping floors](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
From Everest to sweeping floors
Three years ago, Jonathan Davison, 32, achieved his goal to climb Mt Everest. One year later he joined Mainfreight's graduate programme.
![Peter Lyons: Kiwi battlers losing power in economic apartheid](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Peter Lyons: Kiwi battlers losing power in economic apartheid
When politicians talk about making the labour market more flexible, it means ensuring that the demand and supply of labour determines the wage rate. writes Peter Lyons.
![St John pathway to health science](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
St John pathway to health science
When St John Ambulance officers came to his school to give first aid lessons, Isaac McFarlane was fascinated.
![Kim Campbell: Labour reform plans a big step forward](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Kim Campbell: Labour reform plans a big step forward
The changes being proposed to our employment laws clearly stand to benefit many more employees than the small number who may find aspects of them a challenge.
![Anger at Air NZ foreign pilot push](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Anger at Air NZ foreign pilot push
The aviation community is angry Air New Zealand is looking offshore for its pilots.
![The Insider: On the UN tightrope](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The Insider: On the UN tightrope
Diplomats and ministers are grappling with thorny issues as they work to secure New Zealand a seat on the UN Security Council for 2015-16.
![Surge in demand for IT graduates](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Surge in demand for IT graduates
The IT sector is hiring: software companies such as Orion Health and Xero are scrambling for developers to build their dreams of world-leading products.
![Union applauds Warehouse pay plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Union applauds Warehouse pay plan
A union says it hopes other large retailers will follow The Warehouse's example and introduce pay increase plans for their shop-floor staff.
![Trudy MacDonald: Long-term vision key when planning staff numbers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Trudy MacDonald: Long-term vision key when planning staff numbers
A good fit is vital when taking on employees and one bad hire can have a lasting impact, says Trudy MacDonald.
![Secrets of building winning teams](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Secrets of building winning teams
If the #1 constraint on the growth of the economy over the next 5 years is a shortage of skilled labour, how can businesses position their team to get the right people and keep them?
![Work-life balance essential for employees](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Work-life balance essential for employees
Despite Yahoo's CEO Marissa Mayer instituting a "work from home" ban earlier this year, the general consensus among employers and employees is that finding a healthy work/life balance is good for staff and profits.
![Welfare fraud cases uncovered](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Welfare fraud cases uncovered
More than 3000 cases of welfare fraud have been uncovered in the last six months through increased information sharing between Government departments.
![Shop owner accused of forging letter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Shop owner accused of forging letter
The owner of an Auckland shoe shop has been accused of providing a false letter to the Employment Relations Authority to try to justify the dismissal of a worker.
![No high-life dreams for mum](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
No high-life dreams for mum
Kirsty Davis knows the lifestyle of celebrity mums is unattainable for her, and she's happy with her reality.
![Wardens take their community message to Australia](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wardens take their community message to Australia
A group of uniquely New Zealand community heroes have taken up posts across the ditch.
![Air NZ wrong to ban tattoos - poll](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Air NZ wrong to ban tattoos - poll
More than half the people who responded to a Herald-DigiPoll survey think airlines should accept employees with visible tattoos.
![Hospitality opens doors to travel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Hospitality opens doors to travel
While commerce and accounting graduates may have trouble finding entry jobs in their field, AUT University graduates in hospitality have a number of options.
![Sacked principal battling to get his old job back](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Sacked principal battling to get his old job back
Former Bay of Islands College principal Elgin Edwards is fighting to get his job back, admitting he made mistakes running the school before being sacked last year.
![Hiding resthome worker gets $10k](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Hiding resthome worker gets $10k
A resthome worker dismissed after hiding behind a door when discovered with a gardener in a dead resident's flat has been awarded more than $10,000 for legal costs.