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Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, is gearing up for the retirement of its longest serving Director General, DG, Mr. Olusegun Oshinowo, at the end of this month. This has not stopped the umbrella body for employers in the country from adding its voice to the clamour for restructuring of the country.
Read More NATIONAL Industrial Court of Nigeria, NIC, Akure Division, has declared as null and void the letter of compulsory retirement Mr Vincent Omosigho by the authorities of the University of Benin even as it also set it aside.
Read More International Labour Organization, ILO, has announced that now fewer than 164 million migrant workers now exist globally, indicating a 9 per cent since 2013, when they numbered 150 million.
Read More President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba Wabba, was yesterday in Copenhagen, Denmark, elected President of the International Trade Union Confederation, ITUC.
Read More THE increasing unfair practices and perceived injustices at work places in may have been worsened by the economic reality in country. Many unions are now being boarded daily with one form of injustice, unfair practice or the other.
Read More THE increasing unfair practices and perceived injustices at work places in may have been worsened by the economic reality in country. Many unions are now being boarded daily with one form of injustice, unfair practice or the other.
Read More GENEVA – The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Guy Ryder, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, have called for world leaders to support social security and assistance programmes worldwide, saying they are critical to achieving the goals of the UN’s global development agenda.
Read More FORMER President of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Dr Brown Ogbiefun, has urged Organised Labour in the country to step up push for passage of the Petroleum Industry Reform Bill, PIRB, into law.
Read More THE International Labour Organization, ILO, and the World Health Organization, WHO, estimate that about 1.2 million work-related deaths and 250 million accidents and 160 million work-related diseases occur annually and Nigeria contributes a great proportion.
Read More IT is no longer news that Nigerian workers are the least paid across the globe including war-torn countries.The subsisting N18,000 minimum wage in the country is less than $38 as compared to the following countries: Algeria – $175 (N83,000); Belgium – $1,738 (N810,000);Cameroon – 36, 270CFA or $75 (N38,000); Chad – $120 (N60,000); Denmark – $1,820 (N900,000); Libya – $430 (N190,000); Japan – $1000 (N450,000); Cote D’ivoire -CFA $72 (36,607); New Zealand -$3,187 (N1.4m); Luxemburg – $2,500 (N1.1m); Spain – $760. (N300,000); Switzerland – $5,620 – (N2.5m) and USA – $11 per hour.
Read More MANY have complained about the civil service. Some say it is ineffective and corrupt. Others see it differently. No matter your view, the truth is that the success or failure of every government depends on its civil service. In this piece, Delta State Head of Service, HoS, Mr. Reginald Ebitimi Bayoko, gives insight into how he is repositioning the state civil service to function optimally and deliver its mandate.
Read More FEW days ago, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, in Lagos, unveiled a logo and activities to mark its 40th anniversary celebration.
Read More NATIONAL Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees, NUBIFIE, has announced an end to the internal crisis rocking the union since September 2017 delegates conferen-ce, with the emergence of a new leadership, headed by Anthony Abakpa from Polaris Bank, to run its affairs for the next four years.
Read More Comrade Anthony Emmanuel Nted was born on October 1, 1960, the day Nigeria got her independence from Britain. Comrade Tony, as he is fondly called, is the Chairman of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, Advisory Council, and the immediate President-General of the union. In this interview, Nted speaks, among other things, on his sharing of birthday with Nigeria, his growing up and leadership in MWUN
Read More AGAINST the backdrop of the Federal Government’s alleged lackadaisical attitude over new minimum wage, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has warned the government not to push workers to the wall, saying the consequence may be grievous.
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