Employment

Restraint of trade provisions which prevent employees from working for a competitor after the end of their employment. Audio

Marlborough residents are worried seasonal work is luring members of the Mongrel Mob to their region. And despite the arrests of Mob gang members last year, locals are still not happy. Audio

Carol Stiles meets Whangarei woman Vanassa McGoldrick who, when she was a teenager, dreamed of becoming a lawyer. Then, there were no accessible universities, and even a few years ago, arms had to be… Audio

Centre for Workplace Leadership director Prof. Peter Gahan from The University of Melbourne on why there's a high level of dissatisfaction by Australian employees of their bosses, and how workplaces… Audio

With the debate over the minimum wage, as opposed to a living wage, gathering pace, Wayne tells us that hundreds of New Zealanders - virtually forgotten employees - receive only a fraction of the… Audio

Jenny has to rethink her direction in life after losing her boyfriend and taking up a job in a government-funded agency. A satirical musical cabaret about real stuff. Audio

William Ray looks at tertiary students' job prospects and what can be done to match output of graduates with needs of industry. Audio

Dress For Success is an international network helping women to find jobs and stay in work. It provides a free clothing and fitting service for jobhunters here in New Zealand too. With dresser Kristeen… Audio

Associate Professor Marjolein Lips-Wiersma from the Department of Management, University of Canterbury, talks to Chris about her simple map that defines the elements that together make for work worth… Audio

Professor of Development Studies at the University of London, founder member and co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network, and author of The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class. He is visiting… Audio

Providing employment for people with disabilites and a project archiving the evolution of New Zealand Sign Language. Audio

Katy Gosset visits Kilmarnock Enterprises which has been providing employment for people with disabilities for more than 50 years. Audio

Ian Telfer asks whether plans to get solo parents into paid jobs will work. Audio

Dr Guy Standing from the University of Bath has coined the term 'precariat' - a mix of precarious and proletariat - to describe a growing class of people without stable jobs or careers who, as a… Audio

In Ideas today we're taking a look at the idea of employee-owned companies. Audio

Insight investigates the role of unions today and their likely future. Audio

Workbridge, together with CCS Disability Action, have just released a report that looks at disabled people in education and employment. It finds they are not receiving enough funding, and that many… Audio

"When you've been fired and made redundant, you tend to lose faith in the people who employ you. And you think that you might like to employ yourself for a while, because you can guarantee that you… Audio

Today on Ideas we take a look at unemployed worker movements now and in the past. Audio