Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman maintains he is unaware of any golden handshake to Paul Henry and says it would be "inappropriate" to find out.

The Henry situation is interesting from an employment law perspective for two main reasons.

It doesn't have to be wacky, but a bit of fun at work is therapeutic for staff, and for the business.

Forget agonising over what to do - there's more luck to success or failure than we'd like to admit.

Now do you make workshop training pay for itself? If you're a small business owner, the most interesting word in that sentence is "pay".

The Hobbit could be released as early as 2012, according to Hollywood sources.

The furore over The Hobbit is the normal process of a union trying to talk to an employer who is refusing to talk back, says actor and director Ian Mune.

Kiwis are working fewer hours compared to 10 years ago.

Peter Jackson says his actors receive the "most generous" conditions in NZ, rejecting claims that The Hobbit actors need a union deal.

Never mind the cheaper carrots, try a few workouts instead.

The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) is fuming at the Government for siding with Sir Peter Jackson's stance on the union dispute surrounding The Hobbit movies.