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Kebab shop fined for minimum wage breach

A Rotorua business has been ordered to pay a former employee $33,661 and pay $40,000 in penalties for not paying him.

Redundancy - it's not the end

You may not like to think about it, but redundancy is something that happens with unfortunate regularity

Wasted meeting time and how to avoid it

COMMENT: World-class project manager who spent many years with NASA shares his pearls of wisdom.

Diversity of thought to the fore

Intrapreneurship is becoming a buzz word as organisations look to their staff for innovations

'I screamed for help but no one heard'

A Queenstown man's arm was mangled to the bone after it became caught in a conveyor belt at his workplace.

What companies get wrong about staff

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely thinks bonuses designed to motivate workers -- and CEOs -- are often "a waste of money."

'Women the solution to trades shortage'

Women are being branded an untapped resource in filling the national trades shortage, as a new company seeks to get women into the construction industry.

The 5 annoying mistakes on your CV

If you need some advice on your resume, take it from someone who's seen over 40,000.

Pay equity a step closer?

In a major boost in the fight for equal pay new legislation will make it easier for women to file claims with employers and not have to go through the courts.

Where to work to be a rich CEO

A ranking of CEO compensation at companies filling benchmark indexes in 25 of the world's largest economies shows the biggest paychecks.

Govt to announce relief for Kaikoura

As Govt announces its relief package, Kaikoura businesses spell out what they need to survive.

Jobs that will make you tonnes of cash

People "lucky enough" to work in these jobs are going to rake in the cash when the next economic boom hits. Time for a career change?

Is ethical business good business?

Being an ethical business is something that "just makes sense" says TOMS footwear Australian managing director John Elliott.

Co-working changing the face of business

COMMENT: What does our local market provide in the co-working space, you might have wondered.

Harnessing the power of the tribe

As a teenager, Zane Harris rebelled against his alternative "hippie" upbringing and went on to pursue a corporate career. But a few

Watch NZH Local Focus: East Cape lures expats home

Te Whanau-a-Apanui land trustees have set up a forest road engineering company on the East Cape, employing twenty locals, including ex-pats. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Inside humiliating Aussie workplace

Sticking cigarettes up bottoms and "cockfights". The bullying inside Australia's most humiliating workplace.

Manager fired for changing use-by-dates

A Pak 'n Save deli manager was sacked for changing the use-by dates on chickens.