Employment

Jobs figures out this week are expected to show more jobs but low wage growth. Audio

The Australian economy got a much needed boost today - it's unemployment rate unexpectedly dropping to 6 point 1 per cent. Audio

The Government is set to change the law on zero contracts by the middle of the year, as a stoush between McDonalds and the Union continues. The Minister for Workplace Relations, Michael Woodhouse… Audio

The Labour leader and former union leader Andrew Little joins me now. Audio

An acute shortage of accounting professionals is forcing some companies to cut corners when agressive recruitment tactics fail to draw skilled talent. Audio

The Unite Union says zero-hour contracts can cost companies more than contracts offering more secure work. Audio

Two hundred and thirty two workers at Sanford's fish processing plant in Christchurch will be out of a job before the month is out. Audio

The prison officers union says the 260 staff whose jobs are under threat are paying the price for the Government's decision to sink millions of dollars into private prisons. Audio

More than two hundred seafood workers listened in disbelief this afternoon, in Christchurch, as they were told they'd be out of a job by the end of the month. Audio

The jobs of 260 prison jobs are on the line as the Corrections Department moves to close parts of the country's oldest prisons. Audio

Some chain fast food outlets are canning zero hour contracts.Will other big busineses follow? Audio

Unite union is now setting its sights on Sky City's use of zero hour contracts, now that Restaurant Brands has agreed to get rid of them. Audio

An Indian restaurant chain has been fined 25-thousand dollar fines for exploiting two workers, only a week after having to pay up for the same offence against another worker. Audio

KPMG says proposed tax changes could raise the popularity of employee share schemes, providing it doesn't end up costing employers a lot more in administrative costs. Audio

Charles McGuinness is an employment lawyer with DLA Phillips Fox. Today he discusses zero hour contracts, and the case of a local authority which has been granted an interim injunction against a… Audio

Firms are still positive about hiring staff, even though there's been a bit of a slowdown since the start of the year. Audio

Hemi Inia is Trust Manager for He Toki ki te Mahi, Apprenticeship Training Trust which supports Maori apprentices. Audio

Associate Professor Richard Shaw from Massey University says choosing a degree with a name that sounds like a job is old-fashioned thinking. Admitting to a vested interest in the topic, he reckons… Audio

Anggie Godoy and Genoby Jaimes both work in McDonalds restaurants in Los Angeles and were in New Zealand recently - with Hannah Joravsky of the Fight for $15 and a Union Campaign - to learn from New… Audio

Professor Standing argues that 800 years after the Magna Carta the time has come for a new charter representing the interests of those facing job insecurity and disenfranchisement internationally. Audio