Sending emails around the office is second nature to most, but employment lawyers warn companies could end up in dangerous territory without an email etiquette policy. Auckland employment lawyer Eska Hartdegen said employers should...

After three months, more than 50 job applications and regular contact with 30-plus recruitment agencies, Giles Aubrey is still unemployed. The 37-year-old IT project manager has sent out mass emails, posted a video on YouTube,...

When people lose their jobs, one of the last things many want to do is spend cash on a career coach. That's the view of Kathryn Jackson, who has just written a book to help people see the light at the end of the unemployment tunnel. Jackson,...

Business confidence has jumped again in the latest National Bank Business Outlook survey, with the construction industry at the forefront of renewed optimism

Is your workplace suffering from silos? Typical symptoms include poor communication between groups, a reluctance to share knowledge and ideas, and a failure to work cohesively together towards a common goal. There may be a strong...

Kiwi directors are accused of being out of touch and ignorant of the companies they head.

A new survey from recruitment firm Hudson suggests workers are becoming increasingly resentful in the recession...

As we speed along towards the end of the third quarter of 2009 the world is holding its breath. Great talk of the recession being "officially" over in a number of countries abounds. What does this mean for normal people going...

The country's land transport network will have $8.7 billion spent on it during the next three years, the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) announced today.

The number of filled jobs increased 2.2 percent to reach 1.83 million in the June 2008 year, Statistics New Zealand said today.

A gauge of service sector activity edged into expansion in July for the first time since March 2008.

An Auckland accountant , fired for sending "confrontational" emails and seeking to look at complaints laid against her by fellow staff, has been awarded about $17,000 by the Employment Relations Authority. Vicki Walker had been...

Would a higher GST rate improve the efficiency of the New Zealand economy?

The New Zealand population gained 2700 people through migration in July, as the number of people leaving the country permanently or long term (PLT) continued to fall below levels of a year ago.

The construction sector downturn has translated into a large decrease in online ads for job vacancies, according to the latest Trade Me Jobs employment survey, which also showed doctors were the highest paid profession. The study of 48,000 jobs on the site found a significant contraction in the job market in the first six months of 2009 compared to the second half of 2008. And much of this contraction came in jobs relating to building, construction and engineering.

If a business has your money or your goods, and then goes bust, what can you do?

Here's the latest Facebook employee nightmare. According to this report in London's Evening Standard, a woman was recently fired after abusing her boss on Facebook, forgetting she was "friends" with him on the site. The report...

Dear Noelle. My job is sucking my will to live. I work as an accountant in a large firm and I hate it. The people, the office, the utter tedium. I've had a bit of a rough trot these last 12 months, but things are finally...

A recent Robert Half survey revealed some unsettling information about pay parity in New Zealand - 65 per cent of the Kiwi women respondents said they believed men got paid more than women for doing the same job. If this is true,...

A review of the 1991-2006 Census returns by researchers at the Equal Employment Opportunities Trust is predicting a future of skill and people shortages that could cause some firms severe pressure when it comes to recruiting trained...

Why should I look at employing a mother as opposed to any other kind of employee? As many business managers can tell you, working mothers often make the best employees. They are loyal, focused and extremely conscientious. They...

Young New Zealanders have gone back to study in record numbers as unskilled jobs have disappeared in the recession. The latest household labour force survey, published yesterday, confirms young people are bearing the brunt of the...

Auckland's unemployment rate has climbed higher and its economy declined further than the nationwide figures

Wow. What a shocker.

One of the more difficult issues facing an employer who tries to manage a poorly performing employee is that frequently, the employee will take sick leave, claiming they are suffering from stress. Such sick leave can last weeks or...

The Employers and Manufacturers Association says many issues need to be addressed before the number of workplace deaths is significantly reduced.

The latest jobless figures, to be released later this week, are likely to be particularly bad for those who have been out of work for several months and are already feeling overlooked in the job market

Wellington's business confidence has turned on its head, improving threefold in the last three months, with a positive turn to hiring again.

There is some light on the horizon for tradesmen who have been twiddling their thumbs during the recession.

The number of hours worked fell and earnings growth slowed in the June quarter, Statistics New Zealand (SNZ) figures show.

Bad as it was, the June quarter's jobs data would have been worse still but for the fact that six quarters into the recession firms are still hoarding labour. Combined with the weak wages figures released on Tuesday, yesterday's...

There may be signs of recovery in stock markets but unemployment has started to get nasty, says Corin Dann

Rises in salary and wages have slowed, with the June quarter recording its lowest increase since 1999

A summary of the youth employment programmes announced expanded or brought forward explained:

Skimpy tops and sexy stockings are more suitable for the bedroom than the boardroom, says a top image consultant. Jackie O'Fee said women workers dressing inappropriately was a big problem - with serious implications for employers. "If...

A recent Employment Court decision demonstrates in a rather stark way a gap in the law relating to the employment implications of the sale of a business (or an outsourcing, in-sourcing or re-tendering). The existing rules are up for...

On a pay freeze? You're not alone, according to a survey of senior New Zealand executives. Research by recruiting company Michael Page International has found 42 per cent of white-collar employers froze salaries in the past six...

LONDON - New Zealanders and Australians follow a well-trodden path to Britain for working holidays but more should be done to encourage them to stay longer, a new report says. Thousands of workers each year bid farewell to their...