A mushroom picker who was accused of stealing a colleague's mobile phone has won a case of unfair dismissal after his bosses failed to investigate the allegations properly.

Businesses' current interest in happiness and wellbeing has to do with cold hard economics and shifts in the labour force. Happiness is good for business.

Joyce E.A. Russell, vice dean at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business answers reader questions.

Karla L. Miller answers a reader question about how to get ahead when you suffer from a permanent scowl.

Heather du Plessis-Allan asks: How do we get people in their golden years to stay working?

Tips to find time when it feels like you are spinning out of control, running on a treadmill that won't slow down.

The workplace can be a breeding ground for stress. Deadlines, performance reviews, restructuring; employees are often faced with big issues they feel are beyond their control.

Justice Minister Amy Adams declared she wanted the crime of corporate manslaughter to be added to the workplace health and safety reform legislation currently before Parliament.

Of course we all know that when a workplace is reducing staff things can get stressful - but we don't always realise how a business expanding can be difficult for us too.

Large employers in the US are relaxing dress codes to keep employees from jumping ship

Chorus has won the supreme award at the Aon Hewitt Best of the Best awards in Sydney this week.

New research recommends desk-based office workers spend at least two hours of their working day standing or moving, gradually progressing to four hours.

There's nothing professional about profanity. But it's often dismissed when it comes from "intense" workers.

The advantage of face-to-face meetings is that it requires that the other person really "be there" or be engaged.

Winter marks the beginning of cold and flu season for many Kiwis. In offices where people work in close proximity a cold can soon do the rounds and bring staff levels way down.

Studies have shown that while an occasional marathon can spur production, a steady diet of long days has the opposite effect.

As it warms up in the US and workers are challenged with what to wear, the Career Coach outlines what's appropriate.

Karla L. Miller answers a reader question about how to deal with a boss and his interpreter.

Is there any way it would be acceptable to ask a hiring manager for the salary range before agreeing to an interview?

Workers around the globe have been finding it harder to juggle the demands of work and the rest of life in the past five years, a new report shows.

A union has criticised plans to drug test workers for kava as discriminatory - but the company involved has categorically denied the claim.

Karla L. Miller gives advice to a reader on how to handle undeserved blame in the workplace.

Celebrations are planned this evening after McDonald's and Unite Union reached an agreement to end "zero hour" contracts.

Workers at the fast-food chain will be guaranteed 80 per cent of the average hours worked over a three-month period.

Fast-food giant McDonald's has walked away from negotiations aimed at scrapping controversial zero hour contracts.

When it comes to the workplace gender diversity divide, opinions are mixed. Is progress being made? Or is it just more of the same?

Who cares about workers' rights? Well, suddenly lots of people do. And it’s not just the political left, writes Bryce Edwards.

How pleasing it was to see Labour Minister Michael Woodhouse walk back from the worst excesses of zero-hour contracts this week, Dita De Boni writes.

McDonald's has proposed a return to mediation over the union campaign to end "zero-hours" contracts in the fast food industry.