Employment

Employment confidence has edged back up from pandemic-era lows.

An emotional and tearful memorial service has been held for Jun Jiang, a migrant worker who died at a workplace in South Auckland, with a friend saying his death has destroyed a family.

However, Val Miller is not ready to hang up her stethoscope just yet.

Stats NZ estimate the number of people over 70 available to work in December rose 3.4 percent on the year earlier.

The man has lost his bid for compensation and reimbursement.

With a return to the office, comes a return of the special challenges regarding workplace friendships.

The global retailer is spending $407 million on setting up the store, which is due to open in Sylvia Park towards the end of this year.

Jobseekers are competing with hundreds of other applicants. Here's how to stand out.

A champion for Pacific workers in Aotearoa has received a King's Service Medal in the New Year Honours List.

The action - beginning 6am on Tuesday - includes about 100 PSA union members working at the border not doing any unpaid work, and taking breaks together.

Although the economy is set to improve next year, there is a warning things are likely to remain difficult for applicants for some time yet.

The workers say they each paid about $20,000 for their visas and jobs, but are now left in limbo.

There is anecdotal evidence that "non-parents feel pressure to pick up the slack" - like working over Christmas - when those with caring responsibilities are unavailable, experts say.

MBIE favoured a 2 percent increase, however, the government opted for 1.5 percent rise.

Laid-off public servants have been slogging it out on a months-long job hunt, and for some that will continue into 2025.

The job is leaving "almost everyone" who does it with post-traumatic stress disorder, a campaigner says.

That equated to nearly 20,000 jobs, economist Shamubeel Eaqub's data shows.

Some 190 workers - mostly migrants on work visas - are set to lose their jobs as Prolink NZ goes into liquidation.