COMMENT: Pre-employment drug tests are needlessly barring some young Kiwis from jobs.

Being made redundant can haunt you for years, even after you've found another job.

The annual Countdown Winter Appeal has kicked off with a study that reveals those in need.

The Govt snuck stricter welfare rules for migrants into the Budget.

A woman who told her boss he could 'shove' her job has been awarded $40k.

But don't expect to see any moves on interest rates for some time yet.

Allegations of asset-stripping have been hurled at Mondelez.

Mondelez closing the Dunedin factory and shifting manufacturing to Australia.

Beneficiaries were the hardest hit by inflation in the first quarter of 2017.

More than 620,000 Kiwis live below the poverty line and most are adults.

Receivers say 153 of clothing retailer's workers to get holiday, redundancy entitlements.

Catered lunches, yoga classes, and a $200k salary sounds good, right? Maybe not.

Here's why bosses will eventually need to start paying more to their staff.

Teachers are being kicked, punched and stabbed by children of P-addicted mothers.

Thousands of people could be helped into long-term employment via a new initiative.

New Zealand is not doing enough to help workers struggling after redundancy says the OECD.

New Zealanders are slightly less optimistic about the state of the labour market.

Your future boss has zero interest in your social media profiles, a survey has found.

Eighteen jobs will be lost across the lower South Island as Credit Union South confirms restructuring.

PM will need real political courage to take on banks, but it must be done.

Dunedin residents against the proposed closure of the Cadbury factory will have a chance to express their opposition at a protest

Top marketing graduate Kyal Little is still looking for a job 18 months after graduating - because he hasn't yet found an employer

The unemployment rate for New Zealand's 1.1m people with disabilities is 9.2 per cent.

The last-surviving member of the trio of women who created the Tino Rangatiratanga flag speaks out about that important time in New Zealand's history. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Actor Sam Neill has threatened to call for a boycott of Cadbury products should the company go ahead with the closure of its Dunedin factory.

COMMENT: At least getting an AA mechanic to a breakdown is quicker and thankfully you only have to renew your licence every ten years, writes Barry Soper.

Feeling bored or stagnant in your current role? Thinking about searching for a new job, but not sure a job change is right for you?

The unemployment rate rose to 5.2 per cent as labour force participation rate reached an all-time high.

COMMENT: The epic scale of political conflict in the US risks making New Zealand's problems seem trivial, Liam Dann writes.

Former Saatchi & Saatchi chair Kevin Roberts quit after causing furor when he said women lacked 'vertical ambition'.