You can smell a new mother’s loneliness. Unless you’re the state

As a new mum, I know loneliness cuts deep – and the lack of services for parent and child plays a large part in this, says the freelance writer Nell Frizzell

Got a cold? Here’s why you shouldn’t go to work

More and more employers are recording staff coming into work even if they are ill – but this presenteeism leaves people, companies and the economy in bad health

How do I find a career mentor?

Look for someone in your field who is four to seven years ahead of you, says Sharmadean Reid

‘My hair transplant left me emotionally and financially broken’

‘Delighted’ with the results or a ‘nightmare experience’? We try to get to the root of the problems with KSL group of companies

Walmart reported to be in talks to buy health insurer Humana

Tie-up would create one of the largest US healthcare insures, says Wall Street Journal

‘Heck it was productive’: New Zealand employees try four-day week

One firm’s employees are packing their extra day off with activities and have more energy for work

How to boost your business? Let workers sleep

My research shows that everything from profits to creativity is improved when employees are well rested, says Matthew Walker, author of Why We Sleep

How to say no to your boss’s bad ideas

If you think your boss’s idea is awful, offer an alternative, says Sharmadean Reid

Explorer Levison Wood: ‘After my next big trip, I think I’ll go on a wife hunt’

The explorer, writer and photographer on significant others, sleeping in caves and eating bush rat

I’m about to retire and will lose my work private health insurance

Is it worth paying for private cover and will premiums leap up?