Almost three-quarters of Kiwis are working in different jobs than what they set their sights on at school, with women facing more twists and turns than their male colleagues.

Danielle Wright finds out the best ways to avoid ruining your career.

Local tech company Blerter, has launched an app that aims to revolutionise how health and safety work place hazards and policies are identified.

More US employers, it seems, are getting comfortable with the idea of employee ink.

National Boss' Day began in 1958 when Patricia Bays Haroski, an employee registered the holiday with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

A forestry contractor acquitted of the manslaughter of a young worker crushed to death by a falling tree has been ordered to pay reparation to the man's family.

Friendships can lift workplace productivity.

A US-designed work station allows users to work on computers while lying down.

Mr. Gemmell was suspended for refusing to move the toilet from his worksite.

Bartender gets payout after boss yelled at her and told her he "did not need her any longer".

Business school professors have a knack for finding some pretty bizarre links between the personal lives of CEOs and the professional results at the companies they run.

Survey reveals employees leave jobs in the search for better workplace values.

Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers.

A Tauranga bus driver with a hand disability, who was reprimanded numerous times by his bosses for driving with one hand, has lost his case.

New Zealand Aluminium Smelters and its workers have returned to court in their long-running dispute over how holidays are calculated and recognised.

Immigration authorities say "widespread concerns" have been raised over false or misleading work visa applications involving Philippines nationals.

Builder awarded $5000 after being dismissed over the phone.

Trust member Mat O'Connell said 23 official applications, including two from Australia, had been received by the closing date of noon yesterday.

What's the best way respond to bullying behaviour from a boss? It might not be what you think.

A former employee of Indian restaurant chain Masala described working there as "hell" as two of his bosses were sentenced on immigration and exploitation charges this morning.

Age was also a factor, with the highest rates of injury claims coming from workers in the younger, 15 to 24, and older, 65 and over, age groups.

Work stress tends to build until it becomes 'the norm', which over time takes a heavy tollLiving with continual stress can damage people emotionally, physically, cognitively and behaviourally

Dairy farming was initially rated as one of the highest-risk industries during health and safety reforms before the Labour Minister, Michael Woodhouse, intervened and changed the criteria, documents show.

The line between work and home life is becoming increasingly fuzzy, according to a recent report by HR and recruitment specialists Randstad.

An experienced office worker with a previously unblemished record, today admitted stealing thousands in cash after falling behind with her household bills.

An employee that started her own competing business and took a key supplier from former business penalised $10,000.

Survey finds Friday afternoon is the least productive time of the week - and Kiwi workers reckon they'd be happier if they finished early at the end of the week.

Sweden is the first country to trial six-hour working days, following a study that outlines the risks of working longer.