OpinionDeborah Hill Cone<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: Work - it's enough to make you sickEveryone needs the occasional mental health day, so do your duty and get under the duvet.25 Jul 03:45 PM
Small Business<i>Craig McIvor</i>: Before you start training, ask: What is it that you're training for?Rather than teaching young people how to be CEOs, it's better to start with the basics.25 Jul 03:45 PM
Small Business<i>MotorWeb</i>: Car data dealer chases bigger marketBusiness that pioneered online checks on motor vehicles is now vying for exclusive Australian deal.25 Jul 03:45 PM
Small Business<i>Diana Clement</i>: Why do we put up with these rip-offs?Diana Clement first wrote about "Rip-Off NZ" in 2005 and has since found that five years later, little has changed.23 Jul 04:00 PM
Small BusinessUnions rallying against new employment lawsUnions are warning of heated collective contract talks on the horizon.23 Jul 12:00 AM
Small BusinessCafe owner: 'NZ rip-off' author out of touchAn Auckland inner city café owner has hit back at a scathing column in the <i>NZ Herald</i> on the cost of everyday articles in NZ, saying the author is living in a world of 20 years ago.21 Jul 02:00 AM
Small BusinessMoney: Cheques dying a slow deathNew Zealanders wrote one-third fewer cheques last year than they did six years earlier, as consumers opted for quicker payment methods.20 Jul 01:21 AM
Small BusinessDoes size matter: 90 days for all, or just for the small?When the 90 day probationary period Bill was introduced, many people got hot under the collar. There were those that were thrilled.18 Jul 10:30 PM
Small BusinessPlan makes sacking workers easierEmployment law changes will swing the balance in favour of bosses and expose workers to easier dismissal, an expert says.18 Jul 04:00 PM
Small BusinessSuccess: Pair aim to save cash by the truckloadFreight matchmaking service is the sort of thing the internet might have been invented for.18 Jul 03:45 PM
Small Business<i>Gill South</i>: To see ourselves as others see us - it isn't always a pretty sightCriticism of NZ business can be hard to take...18 Jul 03:45 PM
Small BusinessLabour law changes promote growth - KeyJohn Key says extending the 90-day trial period is about "giving prospective employees a shot", but the Greens say National is breaking one of its pre-election policies by doing so.18 Jul 03:30 AM
Small BusinessProtesters storm cordons at National Party conferenceProtesters briefly broke through security cordons at the hotel beside the convention centre where the National Party's annual conference was being held.18 Jul 01:14 AM
Small BusinessSweeping changes to labour laws announcedThe Government today announced sweeping changes to labour laws, including changing the test for reasonable dismissal to make it easier for employers to fire workers.17 Jul 11:23 PM
Small Business90-day trial a 'safety belt' for employersEmployers are pleased with the 90-day trial period, though workers sometimes feel vulnerable and mistreated, a Department of Labour report shows.17 Jul 03:54 AM
Small BusinessLabour to axe any changes to 90-day trialThe Labour Party says it will repeal any moves by the Government to widen the 90-day trial scheme under which workers can be fired without comeback.15 Jul 10:36 PM
Small BusinessNZ technology generates electricity from passing carsAn NZ company has developed a way of generating electricity from passing cars.15 Jul 08:45 PM
OpinionPeter Bills: NZ - 100 per cent Pure rip-offGuys, just 14 months out from the 2011 Rugby World Cup, you are sleep-walking into acquiring such an unwanted reputation worldwide.15 Jul 08:40 PM
Small BusinessAll new workers set to face 90-day trialThe Government is planning to allow all businesses to have 90-day trials for new workers and wants to give employers the power to keep unions out of the workplace.15 Jul 04:00 PM
