Many employees have been waiting too long for a pay increase, says Sam Huggard, secretary of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.

Paying chief executives big performance bonuses worth millions of dollars doesn't necessarily result in gains for shareholders, according to new research.

The broadcaster Alison Mau wrote a piece at the weekend about what she called "The curse of casual sexism".

Generation X New Zealanders who have a stable partner and have left the country are richer than those who are single and still living here, research shows.

Former MPs including Mike Sabin are set to get a taxpayer-funded 5.5 per cent backdated pay rise.

The belief is taking root, especially in the United States, that a historic decoupling has occurred between growth in labour productivity and workers' incomes.

Cisco Systems New Zealand, the local unit of the global internet network group, lifted annual sales 4.3 per cent last year, and expects to be well placed this year as an increasing number of firms....

Unions have rejected a call from Finance Minister Bill English for further restraint in wage increases because of the low-inflation environment.

Diane Stanbra founded Picnic Box in late 2011. The Auckland-based firm creates boutique boxed picnic food for functions and events.

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.

Finance Minister Bill English has defended big bonus payments and pay rises to the bosses of the newly partially privatised energy companies, saying they were paid below market rates when the....

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.

Almost a quarter of New Zealand executives think top-level managers' pay packets are out of kilter with reality, a survey suggests.

Under-fire Auckland Council has blown its wages and salaries budget by $50 million, figures show.

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