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Do companies care about work-life balance?

People are struggling to figure out how to fit everything into their lives. How do they manage work, families, community, and leisure?

Let workplace 'failures' help you grow

When we talk about success and failure in careers, we are talking about whether we successfully reach a career goal or whether we fail to achieve a goal that we set for ourselves, Career specialist Dr Jonathan Moy of Careerology says.

Positive pressure on the pay gap

As New Zealand slips down the world ladder in terms of gender pay equality, the YWCA is fighting back by awarding companies showing fair pay practices.

Stay-at-home work 'lowest of the low'

Two Auckland psychologists say many Kiwi couples are "marching backwards into the 1950s" by unconsciously devaluing women's unpaid work.

Brian Fallow: Bad to worse - the Euro-future

Brian Fallow speaks to a New Zealand-based analyst who sees the EU sliding into paralysis and inevitable decay.

Maori trust in row over new bank note

Te Hau ki Turanga Trust claims the Reserve Bank used one of its cultural patterns on the new $10 bank note without permission.

Two key factors to good leadership

There is an astounding lack of leadership in corporate culture. There are many people in management roles, but very few inspiring leaders.

First house price fall in 6 months

Barfoot & Thompson blames fall in Auckland market on winter weather, the Reserve Bank and international economic instability.

NZ Post job losses 'a kick in the gut'

Workers at Christchurch's New Zealand Post contact centre are devastated to learn their jobs soon won't exist.

BNZ grows worried about 'near-recession'

As John Key talks the economy up, Bank of New Zealand is increasingly concerned.

SkyCity abandons zero-hours contracts

Auckland's SkyCity casino has agreed to give its 800 part-time and on-call staff guaranteed hours of at least eight, 16, 20 or 32 hours a week, at their choice.

More Kiwis taking sickies

Whether it's a genuine sickie or a cheeky duvet day, more Kiwi workers are calling in sick.

Is technology keeping us tethered to work?

The growing proliferation of "smart gadgets" means the barrier between work and life is slowly eroding, with many people expected to be available for work outside normal hours.

Turning over old leave

Broken China

New Zealand is likely to feel the impact of a slowdown in China, say economists.

Kiwi heading for 3.1pc weekly drop after China slump

The kiwi fell to 64.73 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 66.82 cents on Friday in New York. It was unchanged from 8am and up from 64.35 US cents yesterday.

Brian Fallow: China pays the price of change

Slip-ups are no surprise, given the vast reforms the country is going through, Brian Fallow writes. As China has contributed about a third of global economic growth in recent years, few are immune from the effects of its slowdown.

Winners are changing diversity landscape

EEO Trust chief executive Bev Cassidy-Mackenzie believes the continued increase in the number and quality of entries reflects how much the diversity landscape has changed.