Introduction

Abstract

The following proceedings and bibliography followed naturallyfrom a workshop held at Victoria University in May 1984. The idea for the workshop itself grew out of a mutual interest held by the authors in research on labour and employment issues in New Zealand. In our introductory address to the workshop we observed that there had developed in New Zealand a growing concern over labour and employment issues and that this was now spread through several disciplines and Government departments and was the subject of major concern in a variety of privately funded and voluntary agencies. We observed that the problem of lack of employment in particular was claiming the attention of a number of local bodies who were being faced with requests for employment related assistance.