Business confidence stalled in December, according to the latest Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion.

Plans to make it easier for NZ doctors to work wherever they like in Australia are predicted to worsen this country's medical workforce crisis.

After 10 years of war for talent, the Noughties ended with unemployment at a nine-year high of 6.5 per cent.

The IHC is seeking Govt help over an Employment Court case that could cost it $80 million in backpay and an extra $20m a year in wages.

The Department of Labour has confirmed it is prosecuting an Auckland secondary school over a fatal boiler explosion in June.

Acting Prime Minister Bill English says the changes make calculating holiday pay rates more transparent.

Auckland secondary school says it will vigorously defend any charges it might face over fatal explosion.

Unions and the Labour Party have reacted angrily to a Government decision to allow workers to cash in their fourth week of holidays.

Banks are worried about how they will be perceived if they throw lavish Christmas parties.