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Aussie taxi drivers’ A$272m payout after class action against Uber: Could it happen here?

Landmark suit for Australian taxi drivers against Uber.

MBIE confirms more than 100 voluntary redundancies

The ministry needs to find approximately $412.5m in cost savings.

Strategies to help when your job is stressing you out

A wellbeing report shows financial advisers are feeling stressed, but still love the job.

Callaghan Innovation staff fear for jobs as ‘reset’ consultation begins

The startup grant and R&D assistance agency employs around 400.

Diana Clement: Tax and the gig economy

OPINION: Knowing your tax obligations when it comes to side hustles.

Buildhub liquidation: 145 immigrants fired, company owes $2.2m

In a cruel twist, the company blamed its own staff and media reports here and overseas.

Labour market grows for first time since August - Seek

However, competition for roles remains extremely tight.

Max Whitehead: Employment law needs a shake-up

OPINION: A step in the right direction.

NZ added the population of Taranaki in 2023 - what does that mean for interest rates?

New Stats NZ data shows unprecedented levels of migration continue in both directions.

The Kiwi architecture company that made summer time hours permanent

Director says: "5.30pm feels like a really long day, particularly this time of the year".

One NZ fronts on decision to crimp working-from-home, details drawbacks

Plus: Remote workers bear the brunt of layoffs.

Minimum wage to rise by 2 per cent - slowest rate in a decade

The cost of living is likely to rise by more than the minimum wage.

Bryce Wilkinson: Working-age welfare trap a big problem for all

OPINION: Our welfare system is a problem for beneficiaries and taxpayers alike.

Research finds hybrid working rose last year for Kiwi workers - and we’re more productive

Managers are seeing the benefits of allowing staff to work remotely.

Migration record as nearly 250,000 arrive in a year - but departures up too

More talented, not 'desperate and dateless', NZ citizens than ever before may have left.

Māori authority exports drop 16 per cent in September quarter

Stats NZ's tatauranga umanga Māori data for the September quarter show a drop in exports.

'There will be winners and losers': Three workplace trends for 2024

The age of demanding higher pay might be over.

Beat the back-to-work blues: Five tips

Just don't go full Wellington Water.