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![Dollar tumbles on jobless stats](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dollar tumbles on jobless stats
New Zealand's unemployment rate surged back to a 10-year high in the last quarter, rising from 6 per cent to 6.8 per cent, a leap which surprised analysts.
![Wages and salaries rising slightly, says Stats NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Wages and salaries rising slightly, says Stats NZ
Salaries and wages are going up slowly, with a small rise in the June quarter showing employment is barely picking up.
![Love's Labour's Lost?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Love's Labour's Lost?
Serious misconduct? Or was Carter speaking his mind and voicing his views?
![Financial advisers won't have to dob in colleagues](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Financial advisers won't have to dob in colleagues
Financial advisers will no longer have to dob each other in for ethical breaches under a completed version of a draft code of conduct.
![Police forced to go on holiday](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Police forced to go on holiday
Police investigations are being stretched as bosses force their officers to take annual leave - $200m worth.
![<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: No winners in workplace row](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: No winners in workplace row
Escalating tensions between unions and the Government signal a fall in New Zealand's international standing and a return to the days of class struggles.
![<i>Inside Money: </i>KiwiSaver - where do the dollars go?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Inside Money: </i>KiwiSaver - where do the dollars go?
Research house Morningstar gets an extra star for its performance-enhanced KiwiSaver survey.
![CTU ends co-operation with Govt on trade](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
CTU ends co-operation with Govt on trade
The CTU says it will no longer co-operate with the Govt on trade issues in response to looming employment law changes.
![College board fined over boiler room blast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
College board fined over boiler room blast
Orewa College's board of trustees has been ordered to pay almost $137,000 over a fatal boiler room explosion.
![Know your faults to find your strength](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Know your faults to find your strength
A lack of self awareness could be holding back your career, warns Jasbindar Singh.
![Sick leave - a problem, or hypochondria?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sick leave - a problem, or hypochondria?
Is the proposed change to sick leave laws really needed?
![<i>Tapu Misa:</i> Work much more than just a job](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Tapu Misa:</i> Work much more than just a job
Help and training is better than a legislation for 90-day trials and clampdowns on sickies, writes Tapu Misa.
![Workers win back one lost holiday](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Workers win back one lost holiday
Some 2000 metal and manufacturing workers have negotiated a one-off holiday in 2011 to make up for missed public holidays.
![<i>Craig McIvor</i>: Before you start training, ask: What is it that you're training for?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Craig McIvor</i>: Before you start training, ask: What is it that you're training for?
Rather than teaching young people how to be CEOs, it's better to start with the basics.
![Metal workers get 3 per cent pay rise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Metal workers get 3 per cent pay rise
Nearly 2000 engineering and manufacturing workers have agreed to accept a 3 per cent pay rise this year and the same again next year.