Friendships can lift workplace productivity.

The Reserve Bank kept its official cash rate on hold but economists said it was only a matter of time before the bank resumed its easing bias.

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.

People often like to groan about how their job is "killing" them. For many U.S. workers, that statement appears to be true.

Julia Forsyth and her husband Mark are the founders of customer feedback technology company BigEars.

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.

An "alarming" number of landlords remain largely ignorant of new Reserve Bank LVR rules which demand Auckland investors have 30 per cent deposits.

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

Low growth, unemployment, global risks all point one way.

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.

The bank that praised New Zealand's economy has dramatically changed its tune, adding it to a watch list of nations.

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

Hard-hitting report offers solution to runaway house prices and housing shortage in the city.

Builder awarded $5000 after being dismissed over the phone.

Almost all job growth since 1980 has been in work that is social-skill intensive - is that our big advantage over robots?

Sub-contractors in the construction industry will still be able to get paid in the event of a Mainzeal-like collapse under a bill which passed into law this afternoon.

New Zealand European-staffed companies servicing New Zealand European customers have an unsustainable business model because the country's ethnic demographic is changing so rapidly, says the author....

New Zealand's services sector, which accounts for about two-thirds of the economy, was at its most buoyant level in almost eight years in September.

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

China's economic growth decelerated in the latest quarter to a six-year low of 6.9 per cent despite repeated interest rate cuts and other stimulus measures.

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

Farm prices are falling, but spring and a slow turnaround in the dairy industry is boosting morale.

Risks in the housing market remain high despite a crackdown on lending standards which has made the banking system safer, the Reserve Bank of Australia says.

Nobel prize winning economist looks at how trying to help poor countries hurts them.

Mortgagee sales fall from 961 to 589 nationally with stronger economic conditions.

The Treasury is warning that economic growth this year might drop below 2 per cent. That would mean virtually zero in per capita terms, writes Brian Fallow.