There is always room for new thinking and fresh ways to change things up. A couple of Labour's ideas around the future of work aren't half bad. I'm impressed.

For decades, companies have craved an alternative to top-down management. Yet moving beyond the corporate ladder has proved challenging.

Negative attitudes and perceptions of discrimination against part-time employees remain strong.

Boards need to move from being reactive to proactive, says Simon Arcus, chief executive of the Institute of Directors.

Being the lawyer who represented the NZ-based Pike River mine directors and chief executive following the 2010 tragedy, Stacey Shortall knows better than most the nuances and legislative minefields attached to health and safety issues

Better workplace relationships and risk reduction go hand in hand, a safety expert tells Helen Twose.

Law change means companies need to check their insurance policies, writes Tim McCready

600 to 900 Kiwis die from work-related diseases. The Health and Safety at Work Act aim to reduce workplace deaths and serious injuries by 25 per cent by 2020.

Women working for Amazon in the US earned 99.9 cents for every $1 men earned doing the same jobs in 2015, the company said.

Workplace lying is a two-way street. The damaging top-down lies from management and the equally destructive bottom-up lies from staff.

A small but growing number of firms in the United States are helping ease the pain of student loan debt for their millennial employees.

Aviva group chief executive Mark Wilson talks the best values to bring to business.

COMMENT: When you go on holiday, are you likely to add a couple of extra items 'just in case' you need them?

The practice relinquishing bonuses has become more popular among CEOs leading ompanies headed into darkness. The hope is it will keep jittery workers from jumping ship. Does it work?

According to a new report from career website Glassdoor, physicians, lawyers, and pharmacy managers had the top salaries in 2015.

Prisoner advocates blast the legislation which was designed to assist former convicts gain employment, writes Paul Charman

A person understood to be a forestry worker has been killed in an incident at a forestry block in Tinui.

Changes in the workplace since the 1970s have hit men much harder than women, Justin Fox writes.

Unhappy with your salary? You're not alone.

Always ask yourself, 'What can I delegate or out-source?', writes Robyn Pearce.

Small business editor Caitlin Sykes talks to business owners Helen and Mike Mander about health and safety.

Small business editor Caitlin Sykes talks to Dr Kirsten Olsen about health and safety.

New Zealand's workplace health and safety numbers are sobering.

Small business editor Caitlin Sykes talks to business owner Anthony Light about travel.

Once summer holidays are over, it's time to get out of our casual clothes, off the beach or mountain and head back to the office, writes Robyn Pearce.

Do you have a work bestie? A pretty straightforward (if paraphrased) question you'd think, but it still made me sit back and think. By Alan Perrott

If your need for perfection is stifling creativity in others, you may indeed qualify, writes Harold Hillman.

A recent study has found using brand-name gear can provide a noticeable placebo effect that could boost work performance.

Should New Zealand follow suit?

Businesses are recognising there's more to a candidate's employability than purely academic qualifications, finds Danielle Wright