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 […]
Govs to spend $88m on first textile mill KTL’s revival
NORTHERN Governors have earmarked $88 million as cost for the revival of the first textile mill in Nigeria, the Kaduna Textile Mill, KTL, National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, has revealed.
Labour urges FG to include governors, workers in NIC
‘INDUSTRY and investment are too important to be left with investors alone.” These were the words of Organised Labour while calling on the Federal Government to expand the membership of the National Industrial Council, NIC, to include labour and state governors for the council to deliver on its mandate.
Labour to employers: Retrain, don’t sack workers
I N recent times, new lexicons have been creeping into the nation’s industrial relations practice with words such as redundancy, rightsizing, downsizing, restructuring and the likes now as euphemism instead of sack. No matter which of the word use, the simple meaning is that the employer is just telling a worker that his or her services are no longer needed.
ULC, NLC at war over registration
THE Cold War between Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, since the latter’s inauguration on December 18, 2016 has not shown any sign of easing as each of the group takes every opportunity to cast aspersions on the other.
Workers demand implementation of CONTEDISS 15
WORRIED over the non-implementation of Consolidated Tertiary Educational Institutions Salary Structure, CONTEDISS 15, 10 years after approval, Senior Staff Union of Colleges of Education, SSUCOEN, in South West, has demanded that the Federal Government ensure its immediate implementation .
