Employment

Health and immigration are at odds over which hospital doctors have been given a green list fast-track to residence.

An Australian business owner has come up with a clever way to deal with a dire staff shortage. Audio

A toolkit to help with overcoming sexual harassment and bullying in the trades has been launched.

The amount the country's hospitals owe to more than a quarter of a million people has exploded to almost $2 billion.

Economic activity has remained elevated in the third quarter of the year, driven by stronger tourism activity and solid household spending.

A plan to build nearly 700 homes on a Napier flood plain is being attacked by a local councillor as making no sense.

Teachers and principals at primary and secondary schools look set to refuse a $6000 pay rise describing it as disappointing and hard to stomach.

The Tertiary Education Union has lowered the pay rise it is seeking for university staff from 8 percent to 7.2 percent.

The programme see groups of young people fed, housed, trained and emerge after six weeks ready to hit the job market.

The seafood giant has reported a net profit after tax of $55.8 million, an increase of nearly $40m on last year.

Technologists in charge of doing CT and other scans at hospitals are exasperated at being paid $10,000 less than hospital clerical workers.

More than 2000 jobs were up for grabs at the Ministry of Social Development's Auckland job fair today.

With staff shortages still common, the Employers and Manufacturers Association says the government could increase the workforce by granting an amnesty to those who had outstayed their visas.