Site Map for August 2026

Date
Title
22 Aug 2026
Is the HR business partner role done? Here's what could replace it
22 Aug 2026
The Chief People Officer who merged HR, tech to drive transformation
22 Aug 2026
Where AI will and will not replace HR management
22 Aug 2026
Employers now have an obligation to build AI skills – even when workers leave
21 Aug 2026
AI leadership gap in HR is bigger than most realise
21 Aug 2026
Chef wins holiday pay arrears claim, director risks personal liability
21 Aug 2026
Workforce resistance puts AI transformation returns at risk
21 Aug 2026
AI hiring surge forces employers to rethink workforce plans
21 Aug 2026
Company director's husband ordered to pay $55,000 in wage arrears
21 Aug 2026
Why standalone tech drains workforce productivity
21 Aug 2026
Hospital security spend puts workplace safety on HR agenda
20 Aug 2026
Horticulture employer hit with $250,000 migrant exploitation penalty
20 Aug 2026
Wage growth drops to negative for first time in over a year
20 Aug 2026
There's a new 'dominant anxiety' rising from AI use
20 Aug 2026
Do employees feel comfortable talking to HR about mental health?
20 Aug 2026
Why your AI training plan might already be outdated
19 Aug 2026
Women 'remain underrepresented' in AI roles despite jobs boom
19 Aug 2026
Why are recognition programs falling short?
19 Aug 2026
Employment Leave Act: 2 years is not as long as it seems for employers to overhaul leave systems
19 Aug 2026
Why so many CEOs now want their own chief of staff
18 Aug 2026
Aether Pacific Pharmaceuticals directors beat personal liability for unpaid wages
18 Aug 2026
"Parking is a big deal": journalist's disability complaint puts TVNZ on notice
18 Aug 2026
Agentic AI future predicted to blend HR-IT teams by 2029
18 Aug 2026
Why controlling leadership is quietly undermining team capability
18 Aug 2026
Queenstown council's plan to tackle local government workforce challenges
18 Aug 2026
Which country has the highest dismissal costs in the world?
18 Aug 2026
Older women, younger men
17 Aug 2026
Most NZ employers have lost candidates over salary secrecy
17 Aug 2026
Telstra links executive bonuses to measurable AI impact
17 Aug 2026
CEO who fired 900 workers on Zoom wants his job back – for $1 a year
17 Aug 2026
Most business leaders expect AI to grow workforces, not shrink them
14 Aug 2026
Hamilton Zoo defeats zookeeper's unjustified dismissal claim over chick death
14 Aug 2026
Without prejudice but not without risk – how to safely speak off the record
14 Aug 2026
SkyCity to cut 200 roles in proposed restructure
14 Aug 2026
More New Zealand job ads mentioning AI as demand rises
14 Aug 2026
CEO pay surges to 'shameful' high as workers suffer
14 Aug 2026
Are managers prepared for layoff conversations?
14 Aug 2026
Trump's anti-DEI push is reshaping workplaces far beyond the US
14 Aug 2026
Why job hopping isn't the resume red flag you think it is
13 Aug 2026
Port of Napier defeats worker's unjustified dismissal claim over undisclosed conviction
13 Aug 2026
Employers tighten grip on benefits spending as healthcare costs surge
13 Aug 2026
One NZ names Sonia Fernandes as chief people officer
13 Aug 2026
Hiring gaps widen as automation leaves employers and job seekers frustrated
13 Aug 2026
Uber NZ to settle 'historic wage arrears claims' after 2025 landmark ruling
13 Aug 2026
The reminder email that works as well as a $2,500 bonus
12 Aug 2026
Global youth unemployment rises amid AI disruption
12 Aug 2026
Target names first chief AI officer
11 Aug 2026
Westpac NZ bucks talent shortage trend through career pathways
11 Aug 2026
Unemployment peaks ahead of schedule as wages fall further behind
11 Aug 2026
Holcim breaches good faith duty consulting seafarers over Christmas redundancy
11 Aug 2026
Disconnected workforce data is slowing frontline decisions, research finds
11 Aug 2026
What's the hard part in AI adoption?
11 Aug 2026
AI was meant to gut the outsourcing industry. So far, it hasn't.
11 Aug 2026
Meta pushes for looser AI rules as it launches smaller, customizable model
10 Aug 2026
HR turns to AI for benefits education as employees do the same
10 Aug 2026
Employee computers hacked in Levi cyberattack
10 Aug 2026
Over 5,000 MSD workers hold stop-work meetings over cost-of-living demands
08 Aug 2026
Global HR leadership means being a business leader first: Apotex CHRO
07 Aug 2026
Restaurant loses wage arrears claim despite defeating unjustified dismissal bid
07 Aug 2026
AI is starting to outrank managers as workers' first stop for advice
07 Aug 2026
New Zealand's Employment Leave Act to take effect in August 2028
07 Aug 2026
Meta discloses another AI model that went rogue
07 Aug 2026
New Zealand expands Earn as You Learn scheme to four more regions
06 Aug 2026
The Hidden Cost of Workforce Complexity: How Frontline Pressure Impacts Productivity, Retention, and
06 Aug 2026
Not AI-driven: Etsy to lay off 12% of its workforce
06 Aug 2026
How HR leaders can turn uncertainty into a strategic advantage
06 Aug 2026
Luxon apologises for 'parent-child' mentality comments to business leaders
06 Aug 2026
New Zealand's unemployment rate jumps to 11-year high
06 Aug 2026
MERAS dismisses settlement offer, lands a steep employment court costs uplift
06 Aug 2026
AI agent sent malicious files to real people during safety test, AISI reveals
06 Aug 2026
AI skills matter, but executives are hiring for something else
06 Aug 2026
Is full-time WFH working out?
05 Aug 2026
What's holding back global hiring plans?
05 Aug 2026
OpenAI to pay $3.2 million to settle US worker discrimination claims
05 Aug 2026
Is the MBA dead?
05 Aug 2026
Why some 'arousal' at work is actually good for employee performance
04 Aug 2026
PHF Science workers strike to oppose performance-based pay
04 Aug 2026
Small team HR leaders on the freedom and strain of scale
04 Aug 2026
Here's why the hiring process is facing a trust problem
04 Aug 2026
Director loses late challenge to grievance compliance order after liquidation
04 Aug 2026
SMEs are using AI tools for HR and recruitment tasks
04 Aug 2026
Your incident register is measuring the wrong thing
04 Aug 2026
Heads up: LinkedIn now allows users to flag 'AI slop'
04 Aug 2026
Employment leave bill passes final reading in Parliament
03 Aug 2026
Steel Master loses late bid to challenge welder's grievance payout
03 Aug 2026
Leaders keep betting on AI even amid bubble fears
03 Aug 2026
Most organisations not yet seeing AI-driven work transformation
01 Aug 2026
What a startup's tattoo-for-an-interview stunt says about hiring under pressure