Married-couple, child-rearing families with male sole-breadwinners are five times more prevalent than those with female sole-breadwinners.

To stop perpetuating the gender pay gap, companies need to stop asking "What's your salary history" to prospective employees.

Research finds three new facts that show how much pay still differs for men and women - even at the very top.

More than half of company bosses are planning to freeze salaries this year, but skilled finance and accounting professionals are more likely to get a boost in pay.

The Government is considering the biggest shake-up of one of the building blocks of the income tax system since its introduction in 1957.

Many employees have been waiting too long for a pay increase, says Sam Huggard, secretary of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.

Paying chief executives big performance bonuses worth millions of dollars doesn't necessarily result in gains for shareholders, according to new research.

The broadcaster Alison Mau wrote a piece at the weekend about what she called "The curse of casual sexism".

Generation X New Zealanders who have a stable partner and have left the country are richer than those who are single and still living here, research shows.

Cisco Systems New Zealand, the local unit of the global internet network group, lifted annual sales 4.3 per cent last year, and expects to be well placed this year as an increasing number of firms....

Unions have rejected a call from Finance Minister Bill English for further restraint in wage increases because of the low-inflation environment.

Diane Stanbra founded Picnic Box in late 2011. The Auckland-based firm creates boutique boxed picnic food for functions and events.

Senior New Zealand public servants' and chief executives' total collective pay is at the lowest level in six years.

James McCarthy is CEO of Spidertracks, an aviation safety company, which was incorporated in 2007.

Nic Gibbens is the CEO of Wellington-based mobile apps firm PaperKite, which he founded in March 2010.

There's a key question anyone mulling over a new business concept needs to ask themselves: can this business afford to pay me?

An aviation worker who was caught on camera driving a golf cart from the passenger's side and crashing it into a stack of pallets was unjustifiably dismissed.

A new Harvard Business School study has found there are sharply different levels of career satisfaction for men and women.

As ANZ's unionised staff seek a pay rise of 2 - 3 per cent, it's been revealed their NZ boss has enjoyed a solid pay rise of nearly 14 per cent, taking him to $4.7m.

Finance Minister Bill English has defended big bonus payments and pay rises to the bosses of the newly partially privatised energy companies, saying they were paid below market rates when the....

It's amazing to think that after all the years of talking, reporting and issuing of statements, New Zealand stands completely unprepared for its own 'retirement'.

Women are more likely to work in lower paying jobs as they become heavier. Not so for men, a US study shows.

Kiwi women are among the most educated in the world, a new report shows, but why is the gap between what they earn relative to men getting bigger?

Most low-wage workers battle big corporations, but home health-care workers deal with a different beast: the state, which ultimately pays their wages.

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella won't need to worry too much about asking for a raise.

Like barristers, I hand write everything: it enables clearer expression. It's a life-long habit which I enjoy in a tactile sense.

I had an unusual experience at The Warehouse last weekend that told me something had changed for the better.

Waterfront Auckland CEO John Dalzell had the biggest pay boost among council chief executives for the past two years, taking his salary to more than $500,000.

New Zealand Superannuation Fund chief executive Adrian Orr received a more than 18 per cent pay rise to almost $800,000 in the last financial year, according to its latest annual report.