James McCarthy is CEO of Spidertracks, an aviation safety company, which was incorporated in 2007.

Nic Gibbens is the CEO of Wellington-based mobile apps firm PaperKite, which he founded in March 2010.

There's a key question anyone mulling over a new business concept needs to ask themselves: can this business afford to pay me?

An aviation worker who was caught on camera driving a golf cart from the passenger's side and crashing it into a stack of pallets was unjustifiably dismissed.

A new Harvard Business School study has found there are sharply different levels of career satisfaction for men and women.

Pacific Investment Management Co. paid its former Chief Investment Officer Bill Gross a bonus of about $290 million in 2013.

I was horrified to read zero-hour contracts are common among many multinational fast-food companies and are increasingly being used by supermarkets and retailers.

As ANZ's unionised staff seek a pay rise of 2 - 3 per cent, it's been revealed their NZ boss has enjoyed a solid pay rise of nearly 14 per cent, taking him to $4.7m.

Women are more likely to work in lower paying jobs as they become heavier. Not so for men, a US study shows.

Kiwi women are among the most educated in the world, a new report shows, but why is the gap between what they earn relative to men getting bigger?

Most low-wage workers battle big corporations, but home health-care workers deal with a different beast: the state, which ultimately pays their wages.

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella won't need to worry too much about asking for a raise.

Like barristers, I hand write everything: it enables clearer expression. It's a life-long habit which I enjoy in a tactile sense.

I had an unusual experience at The Warehouse last weekend that told me something had changed for the better.

Waterfront Auckland CEO John Dalzell had the biggest pay boost among council chief executives for the past two years, taking his salary to more than $500,000.

New Zealand Superannuation Fund chief executive Adrian Orr received a more than 18 per cent pay rise to almost $800,000 in the last financial year, according to its latest annual report.

Employment confidence rose to a six-year high in the September quarter as sentiment in Canterbury bolstered the nation's outlook on jobs.

Watercare chief executive Mark Ford - who is known as "The Fixer" - is expected to step down shortly for health reasons.

About 75 per cent of Auckland IT employers want to recruit additional staff in the coming year.

Auckland University's student union was justified in sacking its general manager for financial mismanagement involving a loan to cover $1.4m in debt, a court has ruled.

Kiwi wages have risen $34.53 on average in the past year while house prices have skyrocketed $38,000.

Employment confidence is at its highest level in nearly six years and Auckland has overtaken Canterbury as the most confident region, according to a survey.

The richest 10 per cent of New Zealanders are wealthier than the rest of the population combined, according to figures cited by Oxfam NZ.

New Zealand women are earning thousands of dollars less than their male counterparts just five years after graduation, a report reveals.

Former postie Linda Street pedalled the streets of Christchurch for more than five years on ever-increasing sized rounds, clocking up unrostered overtime.

Incomes have become more unequal in recent decades and pay raises have been infrequent and skimpy for workers because they won't share pay information.

McDonald's Chief Executive Don Thompson, defending the fast-food chain after worker protests this week, said its restaurants pay a fair wage.