'Wouldn't it be great if you could just work when you wanted?' That's what drove a polytech pair to launch a website dedicated to casual work.

The Government takes the view that the remedy is in the hands of the unemployed themselves; they can correct the situation by accepting lower wages, writes Bryan Gould.

Thousands of young New Zealanders are leaving for Australia because of a failing job market, says Labour's finance spokesman David Parker.

A woman who admitted falsely claiming more than $90,000 in benefits said she wanted security for her children.

Plenty of work in Perth CBD and in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Kawerau has one of the country's highest proportion of beneficiaries, with 1725 of its 6921 residents receiving some kind of assistance.

Toby Manhire says slash a parent's benefit and you hurt their children - children who, chances are, already have it extremely tough. To argue otherwise is fantasyland.

Brian Fallow on youth unemployment following recent announcements of lay-offs and redundancies.

A new report shows all people who were receiving a benefit from June last year would cost a total of $78 billion over their life-times if they stayed on a benefit.