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.

The drain on ACC will continue as long as Talley's continues to insist its' health and safety scheme is working, writes Dita De Boni.

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.

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

The Meatworkers Union claimed for monies owed by Lean Meats after the company failed to provide paid rest breaks which it had agreed to in its employment contract.

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.

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.

About 180 fast-food workers and supporters marched up and down Auckland’s Queen St at lunchtime to demand an end to “zero-hours” contracts.

Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Woodhouse is keen to see some of the harshest contracts outlawed.

The most punitive aspects of zero-hour contracts will be banned, the Government says.

Strikes and protests at McDonald's will go ahead this week after a union rejected a new employment offer from the fast food giant.

Karla L. Miller's advice to a reader on how to handle a hostile takeover situation.

If you're miserable in the workplace, take solace in the fact that you've got a lot of company.