Workplace & Space Planning

1+ hour, 31+ min ago   (163+ words) Masking can be an exhausting and often invisible part of working life for neurodivergent employees. From rehearsing conversations and suppressing natural behaviours to working longer hours and overpreparing, many people invest significant energy in meeting workplace expectations and avoiding judgement....

1+ hour, 25+ min ago   (604+ words) McKinsey stripped a partner of his director role after he got into an online fight with a feminist author and exec, suggesting women leaders are prone to play the victim at struggling companies. The consulting giant took away Chris Bradley’s…...

2+ hour, 14+ min ago   (573+ words) It’s amazing the memories you can have at a funeral or memorial service. Situations and circumstances you hadn’t thought about in a long time might suddenly come back to you. In this story, one man was at his friend’s memorial…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago   (900+ words) As part of our series exploring how New Zealanders live and our relationship with money, a former labourer turned night shift worker explains their financial situation. Want to be part of The Cost of Being? Fill out the questionnaire here....

1+ hour, 47+ min ago   (183+ words) Oev called for proportionate safety requirements, support for smaller businesses and training on new technologies at an International Labour Organisation committee in Geneva. Government delegates and organisations representing employers and workers from several countries attended the committee to review both…...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago   (611+ words) “Want me to smile while you humiliate me? Wrong person.” When an older employee was asked to train a 25-year-old to do the same job she’d been doing for as long as the young recruit had been alive, she had…...

4+ hour, 47+ min ago   (760+ words) When workplace wellbeing is discussed, the conversation can quickly become complicated. Mental health initiatives, employee benefits, wellbeing programmes and formal policies all have an important role to play. But businesses can sometimes overlook the simpler things that shape how people…...

3+ hour, 32+ min ago   (1169+ words) There’s a moment at dinner when someone mentions that an old colleague just became a Staff Engineer at Google. You smile, ask a few polite questions, and pretend the news doesn’t bother you. Then somebody turns toward you. “You’re still…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (1077+ words) About 51 million Americans work from home at least occasionally, according to new federal data released on September 24, 2026. That represents 33.6% of employees covered by the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics survey, or roughly one in three. The number includes people with…...

4+ hour, 1+ min ago   (371+ words) Artificial intelligence has become a key workplace issue, but the terms of its use need to be negotiated to ensure workers as well as employers feel the productivity benefits it presents, a union event on the subject heard on Monday....