Your job may be causing more stress than your boss's. Here's why.

Age was also a factor, with the highest rates of injury claims coming from workers in the younger, 15 to 24, and older, 65 and over, age groups.

Dairy farming was initially rated as one of the highest-risk industries during health and safety reforms before the Labour Minister, Michael Woodhouse, intervened and changed the criteria, documents show.

Survey finds Friday afternoon is the least productive time of the week - and Kiwi workers reckon they'd be happier if they finished early at the end of the week.

Larger men earn more money than those with normal BMI. Larger women earn less.

What is gossip? Friendly, jokey work banter and gossip are worlds apart. Here's a guide to telling the difference.

A foreign worker at a luxury Waikato resort narrowly escaped being crushed by a three-tonne tractor with faulty brakes.

A low number of female CEOs can be ascribed to institutionalised misogyny, claims new research from Columbia Business School in New York.

Officials might investigate calls from the parents of a young forestry worker killed when a tree fell on him to overhaul the way workplace incidents are investigated.

Stress factors such as job insecurity and long working hours can all damage a person's health.

Most New Zealanders would take a small pay rise rather than gamble on getting a bigger performance bonus.

Trucking companies see women as a large untapped labour pool that may ease a growing driver shortfall.

I am concerned the under-representation of self-responsibility creates a false sense of who exactly is responsible for safety in a workplace, writes Michael Barnett.

So-called boomerang employees - workers who return to a former employer-are on the rise.

Whether it's a genuine sickie or a cheeky duvet day, more Kiwi workers are calling in sick.

New Zealanders are only guaranteed three and a half days off each year. That's worth protecting, not reducing, writes Maxine Gay.

Danielle Wright gathers tips from a realistic recruitment specialist who believes becoming indispensable is more about making yourself valuable, rather than invaluable.

You've hired great people to work in your organisation and spent time and money training them. Now, how do you keep them there for as long as possible?

The reality is that there is no 9 to 5 any more. We are always connected, always on, always working.

I'd like to suggest a new business paradigm recognising "special" employees like me, because generally we're so vibrant, innovative and fun to have around, Paul Charman.

Selwyn Village residents are leading the charge to try to get the staff who look after them a living wage.

"It was probably one of the worst experiences I've had to experience for a long time," said Maryanne Butler-Finlay, who organised the vigil for her husband and other killed workers.

It all started when a "self-taught engineer, extreme introvert, science-nerd, anime-lover, college dropout" wrote that she was tired of stereotypes.

The workplace is filled with opportunities to negotiate. The most important thing you can do is fully prepare, writes Joyce Russell.

Wal-mart has boosted wages, yet for some of the hundreds of thousands of workers getting no raise, there is rising dissent.

Karla L. Miller's advice column on how to deal with a boss who is very open in the workplace about his religious beliefs.

People working in the construction industry continue to enjoy the benefits of the building boom in Christchurch and Auckland.

Workers who strive for perfection may not always make the best employees.

We need to return to a leadership land where we put people ahead of money, short-term opportunism and pure shareholder interest, writes Chris Till.