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City worker exodus: Office space for lease doubles during pandemic
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Worker shortages in the auto industry will lead to price increases and safety issues.
'I've felt like I'm the virus': Barber refuses to pay $48k in mandate fines
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New paid MYOB programme will pave way for women into tech roles
New MYOB programme will pay women to train in sought-after technology roles.
Theresa Gattung: Time for radical investment in women-led ventures
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Lozenges and loo paper for those isolating - and a free lunch for a child in need
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'Let me come back': Man no longer allowed to work at hospital
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Small Business: Meal kit firm's vision to serve up digital business for restaurants
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Reduced hours and RATs: How supermarkets plan to keep food flowing
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Unemployment insurance: 'Don't buy the baloney'
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Hospitals consistently understaffed, nurses overworked, report finds
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Roses are red, traffic lights are too: Restaurants lure diners with heart-shaped pizza and Omicron tents
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Govt unveils $3b unemployment insurance scheme
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Want a job? 24,000 kiwifruit workers needed as labour shortage bites
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Omicron effect: Thousands of workers advised to stay home
Some tell staff to stay home, some offer 'hybrid' arrangements.
Body blow: Financially wounded businesses now facing the 'big sick'
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