Employment

Among the changes, it wants to have have higher entry requirements to "attract a higher calibre of candidates". Audio

The Ministry of Social Development's workforce is set to drop by more than 700 now, and the Department of Conservation has confirmed it's cutting 124 jobs.

The proposed further reduction of 24 jobs will affect staff working on road safety campaigns.

A law firm that works with survivors of abuse in state care says job cuts will further slow down the release of victims' records.

One employer has been forced to split up his seasonal workers to get them home after the national air carrier went into voluntary liquidation. Audio

But a recruitment firm is attributing a huge increase in applications to public sector job cuts.

It's not just the public sector feeling the pain - and there is more to come across the country, economists say.

Psychology graduates who don't make the cut for a clinical role could still work with patients via a new 'assistant' qualification being developed by the government.

More than 91 percent of workers have experienced bullying in the past year, research shows.

Junior doctors say they are taking strike action because of the dangers of being overworked in hospitals.

Delays in passports being issued and limited airline options are some of the issues employers face to book flights for RSE workers from Vanuatu.

An applicant has challenged questions about depression, mental health and sick leave asked by a Z petrol station - so where's the line?. Audio