Regus, the global provider of serviced offices, does regular research on flexible working in New Zealand and other countries.

Hannah Crosby part owner of Tax Pooling Solutions. Crosby formerly worked as an associate in the finance team at Slaughter and May in London dealing with a wide range of high value finance transactions.

Bridget Smith, partner Swarbrick, Beck, Mackinnon, (SBM Legal), employment law and human resource specialists talks about the legal issues around offering flexible working to staff.

An experienced vineyard manager crushed to death in a machine used to take netting off vines had skipped a fall-back safety process, a coroner ruled today.

New Zealand businesses are being urged to follow in Google's footsteps and provide a chilled-out, fun workplace to improve productivity.

Air New Zealand is standing by its policy of not allowing visible tattoos on customer service staff after an internal review.

New Zealanders are beginning to realise the Australian dream is not so perfect and the grass may in fact be starting to become greener over here.

Editorial: Nobody outside Air New Zealand is in a position to question its commercial judgment. Critics do not depend for their salaries on the airline's success.

Women: do you feel like your male colleagues don't listen to you? Men: do you feel like you're walking on eggshells with women in your office?

There once was a little girl whose parents ran strip shows. Now Jacqui Le Prou’s all grown up and creating an erotic empire of her own, discovers Alan Perrott.

Employment law experts have expressed concerns about plans to fast-track decisions on disputes before the Employment Relations Authority.

Workplace kitchens are dangerously dirty, to the point that they could cause illness, new research suggests.

It was "insane" for a New Zealand-born mine worker to smoke in an underground coal mine in Queensland, a New Zealand coal mining industry boss says.

A former deputy chief fire officer with 28 years experience has backed up claims of a "culture of bullying'' at Feilding Volunteer Fire Brigade made by a young female volunteer.

A young volunteer firefighter and calendar pin-up girl says a "culture of bullying" left her no choice but to resign from the service.

Workplace bullying affects a quarter of Australian medical professionals and similar "insidious" levels are likely to be occurring in New Zealand, says a researcher.

The family of a 23-year-old forestry worker killed by a falling tree yesterday say he died doing what he loved and knew it was a risky job.

Police were called to a private forestry road in the Waione Block, off State Highway 30, near Moose Lodge, about 2.50pm yesterday.