News

Microsoft outage disrupts Outlook and Teams for businesses worldwide

Microsoft outage disrupts Outlook and Teams for businesses worldwide

Global Microsoft 365 failure leaves employers without email and chat, testing HR business continuity plans

Half of appointed CHROs in 2026 are internal first-timers

What does this mean for HR leaders?

Half of appointed CHROs in 2026 are internal first-timers

Staff BBQ with prison kitchen steaks costs worker 20-year career

He approved the steak order. He just skipped the paperwork

Staff BBQ with prison kitchen steaks costs worker 20-year career

Resigned: CEO Jensen Huang leaving Nvidia

Executive vice-president and chief financial officer will serve as interim CEO

Resigned: CEO Jensen Huang leaving Nvidia
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Premium

Wellbeing designed for Aotearoa

Wellbeing designed for Aotearoa

Ignite's wellbeing platform is based on the iconic Te Whare Tapa Whā Māori model

Transformation

AI at work: NZ employers urged to protect entry-level learning

AI at work: NZ employers urged to protect entry-level learning

Professor says employee voice, not technology, should shape workplace AI decisions in 2027

An AI agent gave out confidential information to save itself. Employers should pay attention

An AI agent gave out confidential information to save itself. Employers should pay attention

Hannah Fry's experiment with an autonomous agent called Cass reads like a case file on bad incentives, borrowed identities and a new kind of insider risk

Exclusive Features

Skilled workers have a world of options – what NZ can do

Skilled workers have a world of options – what NZ can do

NZ supplies as much skilled talent as it competes for, and the market runs well beyond Australia

Employment Law

Auto shop told mechanic to spy on colleague - then fired him

He was told to "grow the fuck up" and pack his tools

Takeaway employer docks worker $5,000 from final pay - can't explain why

She worked 88 hours in a week with no day off. Then came the mystery deduction

Resources

Xref CEO on why phone-based reference checks are 15 years behind

Xref CEO on why phone-based reference checks are 15 years behind

HR technology

Xref CEO on why phone-based reference checks are 15 years behind

HR technology

The Hidden Cost of Workforce Complexity: How Frontline Pressure Impacts Productivity, Retention, and

Corporate wellness

The Hidden Cost of Workforce Complexity: How Frontline Pressure Impacts Productivity, Retention, and

Dayforce Coffee Collab: The AI-Enabled Workforce - How Talent, Skills, and Roles Will Really Change

HR technology

Dayforce Coffee Collab: The AI-Enabled Workforce - How Talent, Skills, and Roles Will Really Change

"Get the Green Light": Winning Workforce Modernisation Investment

Change management

"Get the Green Light": Winning Workforce Modernisation Investment

Poll

Should Kiwi workers 'make more of a fuss' over their working conditions?