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Job hunting replaces focus on benefits
Sickness will be at best only a temporary excuse to avoid work under the new welfare regime that came into force this week.
Sickness will be at best only a temporary excuse to avoid work under the new welfare regime that came into force this week.
Going back to work left Jan Berry either $23 or $40 a week worse off than she was on a benefit.
Doctors have been told that putting patients on welfare is akin to putting them on "an addictive debilitating drug ... not dissimilar to smoking".
Three children under 5 and a sick husband didn't save Carla Bradley from being told to prepare for work.
Auckland house building activity is rising but unemployment remains high.
With 'jobs for life' now a rarity, more people are juggling multiple roles.
More New Zealand employers are ignoring candidates with the best university grades in favour of those who clearly demonstrate skills, a conference has heard.
The need for builders and carpenters in Auckland and Christchurch is driving a booming national job market, new figures show.
Many experts in the career field would say that developing and nurturing talent in an organisation leads to the creation of a desired work culture and retention of staff.
Business remains upbeat in the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research's quarterly business opinion poll.
Two KiwiSaver providers are merging to become one of New Zealand's largest locally-owned operations in the retirement savings scheme.
Rising job seeker confidence will see more than half of employees looking to change jobs in the next 12 months, says Pete Macauley, NZ regional director of recruitment consultancy Michael Page.
New research has found that New Zealand organisations trail much of the world when it comes to the proportion of women in leadership positions.
When Laurinda Sutcliffe set up Loobie's Story with husband Brent more than three years ago, she vowed she would make sure her team never felt they were in a nine-to-five rut.
Are flexible working options popular with New Zealand workers?
Recent media coverage suggests that the main issue for returning expats, or repats, is re-entry culture shock, writes David Ellis. It is not.
Figures showing the average wage for New Zealand workers is more than $70,000, have been slammed as unrealistic and sending the wrong signal to new immigrants.
Kiwis are generally satisfied with their lot at work, but finding the right work/life balance is harder for employers and the self-employed, a survey has found.
A factory worker fired when her emotional health deteriorated after a colleague was accused of sexually assaulting her has won her job back.
Stress is something we all have and at some level it's a good thing - it gets us out of bed in the morning and helps us keep motivated and focused.
An experienced vineyard manager crushed to death in a machine used to take netting off vines had skipped a fall-back safety process, a coroner ruled today.