Salmon farm’s solution to rental pressures: ‘Manage our own’
A Twizel salmon farm is tackling the district’s housing shortage head-on by securing rental accommodation for its growing…
Being ‘on‑call’ for work can be disruptive to sleep
It’s 4am, you’ve finally drifted off, and then the phone rings. It’s work calling. You have to go…
As surveillance grows, know how your employer keeps watch on you
College administrators in the US read an adjunct professor’s comments to students on personal essays. Managers told a…
How to stay employed and earn more money when jobs are scarce and pay rates low
Now is not the time to be in cruise control at work, including when it comes to pay…
Despite Tokyo’s push for a 4-day week, Japan’s prime minister sleeps just ‘zero to three’ hours
As workers push for better work-life balance and four-day workweeks, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is moving in…
Investor won’t back startups unless staff are in the office 6 days a week ‘because they’re going to fail’
For years, business leaders from Jamie Dimon to Elon Musk have predicted that AI could usher in shorter…
How job seekers can address awkward gaps in their resume
When Monique Di Liberto began looking for a paying job after putting her career on pause to parent…
Why the new workplace stars are a very different breed – and how to be one
What we once called ‘soft skills’ are now the skills that will keep you employed. Jess Stuart explains.…
Health NZ increases funding offer for GPs
Health NZ has gone back to the drawing board with this year’s offer to increase funding for general…
Returning from Australia: I came home because that’s where my heart is
OPINION: Australia offered higher wages, cheaper groceries and bigger opportunities. But six months after moving home, Aziz Al…
Sleep and diet may be better for chronic stress than exercise
When work gets stressful, the standard advice is familiar: exercise more, eat better, sleep more and cut back…
Father’s eight-year fight after son killed by ‘inherently unsafe’ brakes
After a years-long inquiry into the death of an Auckland construction worker, a coroner has delivered a clear…