Women need to be more confident about promoting themselves, highlighting their skills and negotiating for what they are worth if they want to overcome perceptions of pay inequality, says the manager of a local recruitement firm. Robert...

An increasing number of workers are worried about job security and are choosing to stay in their jobs rather than look around

Bad news for the recently redundant - some employers may be showing a preference for hiring those already in work.

While some economists appear to be pointing to the green shoots of economic recovery, many people still fear losing their job. Should they take it lying down or is there something they can do to help themselves stay in work? Three...

People seeking employment, particularly in current economic circumstances, can be persuaded to enter in to so-called contracts for services as opposed to employment agreements, so desperate are they for the work. These contracts...

In the last four weeks we have seen a big change within the job market. Since the beginning of this year, there have not been many candidates with secure jobs wanting to apply for new positions. Most have been "head down" and...

Confidence about employment improved in the June quarter but pessimists continue to outnumber optimists.

Prime Minister John Key has backed the Reserve Bank's prediction that the worst of the recession is over, despite the release yesterday of worrying unemployment figures.

A survey of 800 small businesses suggests more operators feel they are over the worst of the recession, with growing optimism conditions are improving.

The service sector contracted more quickly in June than in May, but the latest Performance of Services Index (PSI) showed the reading for new orders crept into positive territory last month.

Commercial construction is about to take a dive as a delayed reaction to the recession sets in.

Business confidence is racing up to its highest levels for more than seven years.

The Government is not looking at setting minimum redundancy for workers laid off during the recession...

Manufacturing activity increased in June, recording the highest overall level of activity in nine months

The deciding factor for job candidates has become whether positions offer long term career opportunities, Hays says

A new survey has found a continuing level of sentiment for the New Zealand economy's prospects in the coming year, although conditions remain tough. A net 18 per cent of respondents expect the economy to improve during the next...

With more than 1000 people a week signing up for the dole, employees desperate to avoid the scrap heap need to boost their skills fast. Jason Walker, managing director of Hays in New Zealand, says employers are using this time...

Business confidence is improving, but the continuing recession means the economy is still contracting albeit at a slower pace.

I'm seeing a change in the work ethic of New Zealand employees as they face job insecurity and recessionary pressures. People are working much harder and looking at how they can add value to their organisation, partly to prove their...

A survey designed to explore how organisations are coping with the economic downturn has thrown up some interesting results. Analysing data collected from the 160 organisations who took part, JRA's managing director, John Robertson,...

What is career transition and how is it beneficial? Career transition supports employees at a time of exiting an organisation, whether as an outcome of a position becoming redundant, or possibly as a result of a performance management...

The world's worst recession in 80 years is bringing out the best in some companies. Responding rapidly, decisively and creatively, they are leaving their competitors for dust.

Fisher & Paykel Appliances, the first company to sign up to the government’s nine-day fortnight, has withdrawn from the scheme after nearly four months and claims it saved 60 jobs.

The Government is calling for feedback on the review of the Holidays Act.

More than 40 jobs have been cut from Immigration New Zealand's skills-shortage list, putting the futures of thousands of migrants at risk. Immigration head Andrew Annakin said yesterday that 44 occupations had been removed following...

New Zealand may be able to boost its trade opportunities by targeting a better sort of immigrant, researchers suggest.

Migrant workers in trouble have no one to turn to for help and groups wanting to help find themselves unable to, says a migrant aid group. "Foreign workers on temporary permits simply fall between the cracks in services provided,"...

A trade group says skilled migrants making a real contribution to New Zealand are not getting a fair deal on work permit extensions

New Zealand's population gain from migration slowed in June from the pace in the previous two months.

It has become almost trendy for companies to say they are taking a "sinking lid" approach to staff levels. In other words, not replacing people when they leave, but not making redundancies as such. "It's popular because it's...

Perhaps because we have over 1000 people signing on for the dole every week in New Zealand, it seems that the number of candidates actively seeking work has somewhat diminished. In recent weeks we have noticed a reduction in the...

An industry group is fighting the Labour Department's decision to remove scaffolding from a shortage list

Inland Revenue has drastically increased the spread between the interest rate it charges those who underpay tax and the rate it pays to overpayers.

There has been a seven percent increase in the number of cases going to the Employment Relations Authority over the past month.

New Zealanders are being laid off in growing numbers by Australian employers, new figures suggest.

Kiwis living in Australia are heading home in numbers not seen for 20 years.

The Department of Immigration is clamping down on migrants, saying New Zealanders should have priority on the job front.

The Social Development Ministry is monitoring how many Kiwis return from overseas and go straight on the dole amid concerns it could worsen gloomy unemployment forecasts.

Closer relationships between businesses and their training providers are on the cards as businesses seek to get the best bang for their buck from training spends during the recession. The promise of closer relationships leading...

More than 40% of employers have frozen workers' salary increasing, according to an informal poll

Businesses in New Zealand are using the recession and loosening labour market to “trade up” their workforces by removing unproductive workers, a new survey suggests.

Fewer businesses asking for advice on redundancies is a sign the worst of the recession may be over, according to the Employers and Manufacturers Association (Northern)...

The government does not seem likely to extend the nine-day fortnight scheme to small businesses

While the recession means redundancies and less work for some, others are finding that they are working increased hours and are under huge pressure to work longer and harder to make up for shortfalls. Robert Half International's...

The outlook is somewhat brighter for job seekers in the next three months, although employers' hiring intentions are still weaker than a year ago, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook survey. New Zealand employers'...

Redundant workers no longer have to use up their redundancy pay before qualifying for the dole. Wellington beneficiary advocate Kay Brereton says, "The qualifications for the dole are age, redundancy and income. It has nothing...

 A storeman fired in March 2008 after an unproven accusation of dealing marijuana at work has won $8000 in an Employment Relations Authority ruling. Hearing rumours of drug-dealing in the workplace, managers from Christchurch-based...

Most returns for KiwiSaver funds are now in the black, showing positive returns for the three months to the end of May, funds assessor FundSource says.

Although employers' hiring intentions are still weaker than a year ago, according to a survey today.  Employers' intentions have improved slightly for the....

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