Flexible jobs, fragile rights: Employers raise alarm over labour trends
By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Chemical and Non-Metallic Products Employers’ Federation, CANMPEF, has raised concerns over the growing shift from traditional permanent employment to flexible work arrangements, warning that the trend could undermine job security, social protection and other workers’ rights if not properly regulated. The Executive Secretary of CANMPEF, Mr. Olorunfemi Oke, gave the warning […]
ILO leads African drive to end barriers to refugee employment
By Victor Ahiuma-Young African governments have launched a fresh push to remove barriers preventing refugees from accessing decent jobs, with five countries agreeing on a common policy direction to build more inclusive labour markets across the continent. The commitment was reached at the end of the PROSPECTS Africa Forum on Decent Work and Forced Displacement, convened […]
Labour demands economic rescue as industrial peace champion retires
By Victor Ahiuma-Young LAGOS — The Precision, Electrical and Related Equipment Senior Staff Association (PERESSA) has honoured the retiring Lagos State Controller of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Eshomounu Itemoagbo, for his outstanding role in promoting industrial harmony, even as organised labour used the occasion to call for urgent measures to revive Nigeria’s struggling […]
FG, NLC, employers unveil blueprint to make Nigeria global labour hub
The policy is expected to promote skills mobility by connecting Nigerian workers with legitimate employment opportunities abroad
Faleye’s two-year reset: How NSITF is rebuilding workers’ safety net
The mandate of NSITF is straightforward: to ensure that no Nigerian worker is left without support following workplace injury, disability or death.
PHCN privatisation: Electricity workers allege witch-hunt against Ajaero
NUEE said it was surprising that the accusations were being raised more than a decade after workers received their negotiated benefits
