Companies that don't have websites that work natively with smartphones may be missing out on key talent, warns recruitment firm Hays.

The start of the year is a great time to take stock of your professional life, and ask yourself: "What do I want to be doing for my career in 2025?"

Low inflation is one of those good things you can have too much of, writes Brian Fallow. A strong disinflationary tide is running in the global economy.

The Automobile Association has called for a ministerial inquiry into the cost of fuel as an informal survey found variations of up to $1.34 at different sites around the country.

An employer says he's embarrassed, but wants other business owners to beware, after one of his workers charged with handling - and monitoring - finances stole $146k.

Employers will have greater health and safety obligations once the Health and Safety Reform Bill becomes law in the first half of 2015.

Finance Minister Bill English says wage increases, especially in the public sector, may have to be smaller than previously expected with inflation running so low.

Please sir I want a tea break." In Charles Dickens' Victorian novel Oliver Twist, published three years after The Poor Law (Amendment) Act.

Indications are that 2015 will be another strong one for the New Zealand economy, going on the latest batch of economic reports.

Chinese equities plunged the most in five years, led by brokerages, after regulatory efforts to rein in record margin lending sparked concern.

A new survey has found Kiwis were more downcast about their job and earnings prospects and security. But the region that's most optimistic may surprise you.

It IS rocket science - and Auckland-based Rocket Lab has about 35 jobs to fill as it shoots for it s first flight at the end of the year.

I'm feeling sheepish. That's because Greg Lester, the man in charge of the Maui A offshore platform has very earnestly asked me if I feel empowered to intervene if I see anything happening that I feel is unsafe.

A woman has been told she would not receive paid parental leave as she failed to chase up her lost application.

Auckland house values rose at almost twice the rate of the rest of New Zealand, up 9.8 per cent or $68,309 in the last year.

Firms looking for skilled candidates who can add value to their systems

Bigger is better? Not when it comes to the price we're putting on selling smaller homes, according to new figures out from Trade Me.

The economics team at BNZ are now suggesting that NZ will see a falling CPI over the next two quarters, with a real possibility of annual deflation as well, writes Mark Lister.

An office worker who became ill through workplace stress has been awarded $10,000 compensation after complaining of bullying and intimidation.

NZ's job market is on a high with double-digit growth in the final quarter of last year and IT workers, builders and architects in most demand.

Getting back into the new year of work after a holiday can be hard. It's normal to want to stay on holiday - but the point is that most people need to make money to survive.