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 […]
Strike looms in electricity sector over alleged indiscriminate staff transfers
By Victor Ahiuma-Young The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has raised concerns over the unbundling of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and the indiscriminate transfer of workers without adherence to established procedures or consultation with organized labour in the sector. As a result, NUEE has instructed its members not to accept any transfer letters […]
664m workers globally earn poverty wages
664 million workers worldwide do not earn enough to lift themselves and their families out of poverty; that is one in every 5 workers
Your reforms inflict hunger, poverty on masses, NLC tells IMF delegation
NLC received the IMF Resident Representative for Nigeria, Christian H. Ebeke, and, Axel Schimmelpfennig from Washington
FG tasks council to deepen safety awareness
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, ABUJA THE Federal Government has charged the new executive of the National Industrial Safety Council of Nigeria, NISCN, to identify and coordinate the various advocacy platforms for effective management of Occupational Safety and Health, OSH, awareness creation in both public and private sectors by critical stakeholders. The Director, Occupational Safety and Health department […]
FG indicts employers on abuse of expatriate quota
Minister of Interior, Dr. Tunji-Ojo, indicted several employers for abusing the expatriate quota by bringing in all manner of foreigners
