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Brian Fallow: Getting nowhere? You're not alone

COMMENT: The old days of rising incomes have become just a memory for many, new study shows.

Helen Twose: Help yourself, then help others

COMMENT: Hospitality head wants it to be a more attractive career choice.

Tom O'Neil: Five ways to get offside with your recruiter

Don't be 'that' person As a former recruiter, I have interviewed thousands of people for all manner of roles. I noticed that many

Address bias to create diverse workplaces

Conscious and unconscious bias needs to be recognised in the workplace, Angela Workman-Stark says.

Upskill pressures add to job hunters

Employers who want to stay ahead of the game must equip their staff.

Is your boss watching you?

A study reveals employers can easily learn important details about people from online searches before they meet them.

Westland raises forecast by 20c

Westland, the second biggest co-op after Fonterra, said the company's forecast average operating surplus had increased .

Proof you shouldn't go to work sick

You may get a gold star for soldiering through the workday, but you just make everyone around you sick. Literally.

Companies badly misunderstand millennials

Working millennials ask a lot of their employers, but game rooms and rock walls are low on the list.

Auckland houses tipped to hit $1m

An analyst says it's "safe to assume" the average Auckland house price will pass $1 million this month.

Roughan: Economies don't recover on life support

COMMENT: Lowering cost of money and increasing the quantity of cash has become a tonic for every crisis but it doesn't restore an economy to robust health.

Employers liable for workplace bullying

Bell Gully has reminded New Zealand workplaces of their liability in workplace bullying cases after an extreme Australian case.

Culture's king in every business

Maintaining a productive and inspired workplace environment is no easy feat - it's an ongoing adventure

Overcoming bias the biggest challenge

You can lead a horse to water. But when it comes to diversity, even the best policies in the world don't always result in the desired outcome.

Facing violence, the taboo topic

EY policy combats conflict at home, writes Helen Twose.

Fallow: Who'll pay the price of growth?

Councils should use targeted rates to help fund investment in local infrastructure, wherever the benefits generated can be well defined.

Robyn Pearce: Are you encouraging laziness?

COMMENT: If we constantly step in and rescue people, over time that becomes a habit.

Time is ripe to capitalise on weed

Watch NZH Focus: Economic group says we should move "sooner rather than later" to legalise and generate a gain of $300m to government coffers.