The dollar has dropped on news the economy limped along in the first three months of the year, thanks…

1. Current account gap narrows on dairy, tourism spend

A meat worker sacked for squirting a colleague in the face with a high-pressure hot water hose has failed in his bid to…

An Auckland restaurant chain alleged to have paid workers less than $4 an hour has been taken to the Employment Relations…

1. Workers' $4 an hour claims probed

A Hamilton aviation training school is offering aspiring pilots the chance to fast-track their way into jets at fast-growing…

1. Lucrative long-hauls get boost at Paris Airshow

When it comes to changing your life, CV writer-turned-career coach Tom O'Neil says it is better to make…

1. 'No reason' for pregnancy flight-ban

Women earn between $8000 and $20,000 less than their male colleagues in some New Zealand industries - despite being more…

1. Employers divided over KiwiSaver in the pay packet

'I've never been struck by lightning in all my years of flying.' An MP was one of many who got a shocking surprise on an…

New Zealand's economy probably grew at a slower pace in the first three months of the year, after expanding at the fastest…

1. Index points to pick-up

Gordon Ramsay is being sued by current and former employees of his Hollywood restaurant for failing to pay minimum wages…

1. MasterChef to master dad

Kerre McIvor's first job as a journalist at the age of 18 was to report the outcome of a meeting between…

1. Kerre McIvor: Thumbs up for crash lids (18 comments)

Skills shortages in the construction and engineering industries are bringing work and opportunity for career development…

1. Kiwi employers struggling to find staff

Research by Kenexa found up to 40 per cent of an organisation's success can be attributed to its leadership.

1. Managing corporate culture the key to multiple success

Air New Zealand's aviation maintenance unit Safe Air plans to cut 84 jobs, or about 30 percent of its workforce, citing…

1. Ex-Air NZ boss heads India airline

New Zealand's manufacturing sector grew at its fastest pace last month since 2004, with expansion taking place in most parts…

1. NZ manufacturing pace of expansion slows in March

The Australian majority owners of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, Rio Tinto, have written more than…

1. Meridian next on the sales block

One in five pensioners is still in paid employment - a figure fuelled by finance company collapses, divorce and the cost…

1. The centenarian who fought back

Jobs will be lost in New Zealand at book publishers HarperCollins and Pearson after the companies yesterday announced intentions…

In the face of recent comments made about Wellington being a "dying" city, the number of vacancies in the city being offered…

1. More jobs, better pay so we're leaving

A process which commonly takes place at this time of year is one employees either welcome or dread: the annual performance…

1. Fonterra Harlem Shakers reinstated

The aim of balancing the books to reduce government debt ignores a fundamental lesson from the GFC…

1. Are Kiwis workplace slackers?

Puti Crawford is one of 1100 students graduating from Hamilton's Wintec tomorrow, but none of the others…

1. Foreign students turned off by NZ

Mainland Chinese say they intend to study abroad in far greater numbers.

1. Aussies snap up our homes