Politicians and unions are calling on the Government to move public holidays that fall on weekends to Monday as workers face losing two days off in 2011.

Up to 50 redundant Pike River Coal mine employees could soon be crossing the Tasman to take up lucrative positions in Australian pits.

Often people I meet seem genuinely curious about what it's like to work in the advertising industry.

Customers claim businesses are being greedy in adding surcharges on days not officially holidays.

Listen out for the sound of waves crashing on the shoreline and birdsong in the trees - not the ringtone of your company phone.

The Coronial Inquest into the deaths of 29 men in the Pike River Coal mine will be held early next year, the chief coroner Judge MacLean says.

The Government is to allow private insurers to compete with the Accident Compensation Corporation.

A businessman who manipulated the company payroll to give himself a $10,000 payrise, has been sentenced to 200 hours' community work.

Sir Peter Jackson told the Govt he did not believe an actors' boycott would force The Hobbit overseas, emails show.

British households will face a tight squeeze on living standards from higher-than-expected inflation over the next year.

Relationships vital as charity's leadership changes hands.

NZ has just one inspector to oversee safety in its oil exploration industry.

NZ women still struggle to gain leadership roles and suffer from high levels of domestic violence, a report says.

Peter Dunne has defended the timing of the announcement of eight job losses at the IRD in Greymouth.