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.

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.

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.

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.

Older workers who lose their jobs spend longer periods out of work, and if they find other jobs, they tend to pay less than the ones they left.

You are not alone if you forgot what you were told 10 minutes ago. Although there may be many causes for short-term memory loss, one of them can be workplace stress.

Challenges faced by Muslim workers in New Zealand and the reluctance of employers to hire them are among the issues that will be up for discussion at a summit.