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Teen waitress paid less than $2 an hour

A teenage girl who earned less than $2 an hour for waitressing because she was deemed to be a volunteer has won a ruling that says she was an employee.

Greece bailout looks hopeful

Eurozone leaders hope to finally seal a bailout deal this week to save Greece from default and a possible exit from the euro, but Germany has warned more hard work is needed.

Office culture matters most

Welcome to the dawn of the age of robots

Amazing progress is being made in the underlying hardware and software of robots.

Consumer confidence lowest for two years

Consumers are the least confident they have been for two years, the quarterly Westpac McDermott Miller survey has found.

Lower global inequality defies Piketty's dark vision

Assistant professor of finance Noah Smith believes the economic doomsayers are jumping the gun.

Fran O'Sullivan: Groser pointman at key time in trade

Trade Minister Tim Groser has long been tipped by Wellington's euphemistically labelled "beltway" to be New Zealand's next ambassador to Washington.

Data shines spotlight on debt

The release of New Zealand's latest international investment position has shone a spotlight on the country's debt. The data were released this week in conjunction with the March quarter balance of payments statistics.

Brian Fallow: Busting open the land banks

A land-buying agency with compulsory acquisition powers is the most radical of the Productivity Commission's proposals for dealing with Auckland's housing crisis.

Are you a warrior, or a worrier?

Of course we all know that when a workplace is reducing staff things can get stressful - but we don't always realise how a business expanding can be difficult for us too.

Henri Eliot: How to improve health and safety in NZ boardrooms

Henri Eliot talks to James Fletcher about health and safety in New Zealand.

Respect the joiners, Silicon Valley's new rock stars

We place a lot of emphasis on the rock-star founders of entrepreneurial start-ups but we often forget about the "joiners".

NZ Post considers sale of Australian-based Converga

New Zealand Post is considering the sale of its mail and record management outsourcing unit, Converga.

NZBio backs fresh debate over new biotech

Bigger crowd at this year's Fieldays

Workers rank the top CEOs

Employees have provided anonymous company reviews on career website Glassdoor to rank the top CEOs.

Auckland needs to grow up

Auckland needs to grow "up" and it needs political leadership to convince those on the isthmus to embrace that growth, writes Bernard Hickey.

We didn't get it wrong: Wheeler

"Not at all" was governor Graeme Wheeler's response when asked on Thursday if the Reserve Bank had made a policy mistake last year in raising interest rates.