NZ businesses losing confidence in face of worker shortage, EMA survey shows

NZ businesses losing confidence in face of worker shortage, EMA survey shows
Rebecca Howard
By Rebecca Howard Dec. 6 (BusinessDesk) - Businesses are heading into 2018 with less confidence than in 2017 and the tight labour market is the number one headache for employers, a survey by the Employers and Manufacturers Association has found. Businesses expecting conditions to improve has dropped to 24 percent from 47 percent in the prior survey, and those expecting conditions to worsen increased to 28 percent from 4 percent over the same period.  However, the number expecting conditions to stay the same has remained relatively steady...