February 25, 2009

Keri Bloomfield is general manager operations, of the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand (HRINZ). HRINZ is membership organisation for people who are interested or involved in the management and

It should be the most natural thing in the workplace – to share information with your peers. It increases individual skills and adds to the all-round knowledge of the organisation.

Employers who use the recession as an excuse for cutting staff pay and benefits will regret these actions when the economy recovers, according to predictions by one recruitment specialist. Nigel

Business people have higher concerns over finding work if they lose their jobs. While unemployment forecasts are running at seven percent, 19 percent of all those in work, and 17

Dear Ellen Although phlegmatic about being quoted in the media, Bob Edlin’s Happy New Year? piece has quoted Federated Farmers out of context. Bob, quoting from release entitled Dismal economic

Ricoh New Zealand parent company Ricoh Group has been selected as one of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations for the fifth consecutive year. The Global 100, released at the

The hunt is on for the country’s best leaders with the opening of nominations for the 2009 Sir Peter Blake Trust Awards. Pippa, Lady Blake, will announce the winners (six

The Sorted website has been updated to include information for employers about the changes to KiwiSaver which come into effect on 1 April. Sorted.org.nz offers range of free resources to

Deadly bush fires in Australia have horribly underscored warnings issued recently by climate change experts that the country would suffer an increase of severe weather events such as the record

A trial of the first mass-produced new-generation electric vehicle to come to New Zealand was launched last month by Mitsubishi Motors NZ and Meridian Energy. It’s the first joint venture

Recession hasn’t curbed consumer choice for green products and services even if they cost little more, according to new US survey. Half the 1000 people surveyed by Green Seal and

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are still on the rise, but clean-tech investments have doubled with patents rising strongly, paper use is down, recycling up – and 86 percent of companies

Rod Quin Hokitika-based Westland Milk Products has appointed Quin as its new chief executive officer. Most recently with Fonterra as global account director, Nestle, based in Switzerland, he has also