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Nick Peters hits the shop floor for another packed edition on workplace issues. This week, social mobility, the goal of productive work and enterprise, comes under attack. Nick Peters talks to Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the RSA, about the idea that social mobility could be cruel or even evil. Digital skill levels among young people mean employers are finding it harder to get qualified staff and many young people risk missing out on good jobs - Nick Peters finds out more from Nigel Walsh at CapGemini. The Prime Minister says he wants ex-offenders to have much more support moving from jail into jobs and productive lives. It’s already happening - Nick Peters discovers how from Jane Gould, a trustee of Christian charity CleanSheet. And we head east to Vietnam to meet the "Digital Nomads", young people who are taking the idea of remote working to extraordinary lengths.

Nick Peters talks to one of the UK's top commentators on people management, about the report from The New York Times about the mismanagement at Amazon.

Nick Peters talks to Dr Jon Burchell, Senior Lecturer in Management from Sheffield University and Dr Joanne Cook from the University of Hull business school, about the voluntary sector in the UK.

Nick Peters talks to Simon Bates from Jordans Corporate Law, about the modern slavery act and what corporations are going to have to do to help end the use of slaves in the corporate world.

Nick Peters looks into discrimination in the workplace, particularly with regards to pregnancy and maternity leave. To help him find out more on this subject is Will Hadwen from Working Families.

Nick Peters talks to Joan Kingsley, Co-Author of "The Fear Free Organisation" about her book and the idea of fear in the workplace.

Nick Peters talks to John Timpson about the Timpson Foundation and the relationship between employers and employees.

Nick Peters talks about work-life balance and a recent study that shows how companies have downgraded employees well being in the last 5 years. To talk to Nick about this issue is Janice Haddon, founder of Morgan Redwood.

Nick Peters looks into Dementia in the workplace and what is being done to help manage both people and businesses that it can effect. To talk about this issue, George McNamara Head of Policy and Public Affairs at The Alzheimer's Society joins Nick.

Nick Peters finds out all about "shared parental leave" with Ben Black from, My Family Care.