Wellington, Sept 27 NZPA - The Employers and Manufacturers Association has hit out at price rise proposals from state-owned grid operator Transpower.

Wellington, Aug 17 NZPA - The business sector appears to be gradually warming to the prospect of being involved in compulsory retirement savings schemes.

Wellington, July 18 NZPA - The Government is attacking Kiwi workers' conditions and wages, unions and the Labour Party say after Prime Minister John Key announced extensive labour law changes.

Wellington, July 2 NZPA - The Wellington Employers' Chamber of Commerce is asking Transport Minister Steven Joyce to reject the application by Air New Zealand Ltd and Virgin Blue Group to merge their trans-Tasman services.

By Vaughan Elder of NZPA Wellington, May 27 NZPA - One of New Zealand's largest unions says workers should be compensated when either Anzac Day or Waitangi Day fall on a weekend.

By Kevin Norquay of NZPA Wellington, May 21 NZPA - The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) was a lone wolf howling in the darkness yesterday, outnumbered by tax specialists who declared Finance Minister Bill English's budget as resilient as a house built from bricks.

By Kevin Norquay of NZPA Wellington, May 20 NZPA - Finance Minister Bill English has come up with a tax package "that almost looks like white rabbits out of the hat", New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants Institute tax director Craig Macalister says.

Wellington, Feb 19 NZPA - The business sector is urging the Government to cut the company tax rate after Finance Minister Bill English indicated it was under consideration.

Wellington, Feb 9 NZPA - The Government's proposed tax reforms will promote economic growth and plug holes in the existing tax system, business groups say, but a major union has criticised them.

Wellington, Dec 7 NZPA - Slightly more than half of employers in a new survey report giving no wage rises at all during the past year, as financial crisis roiled the world economy.