THE retired bishop of Mityana diocese, Danstan Bukenya, has clashed with anti-child labour activists, saying they were preventing children from engaging in work-related activities.
EAGLE-eyed, Bashiru Rugakingira stands with his bicycle at a street junction, a vantage point in Bukoba town, waiting for a customer.
TANZANIA faces an acute shortage of specialised personnel in tourism and hotel managements, which has forced some hotel owners to employ foreign experts.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Eastern Africa Journalists Association (EAJA) yesterday, 9 December 2009, welcomed the re-launch of Tanzanian Union of Journalists (TUJ).
Participants in the international conference entitled " Together for the Promotion of Employment and Protection of Categories with Specific Needs" adopted the opening address of First Lady Leila Ben Ali as reference document for their works held December 7-9 in the northern suburb of Gammarth.
The opening ceremony of the International Conference on the theme: "Together for the Promotion of Employment and Protection of categories with Special needs", was marked by the awarding to First Lady Leila Ben Ali, Chairwoman of the Arab Women Organisation and of the "BASMA" Association for the Promotion of Employment for the Disabled, of the Gold Shield of the conference, handed over to her by ...
Lawmakers on Tuesday turned their guns on Internal Affairs Minister Kirunda Kivejinja and threw out a statement he had presented to the House over the subject of unpaid salaries for operatives of the Police Anti-Stock Theft Unit.
The Vice Rector of the Pentecost University College, Prof. Kwame Bosiako Omane Antwi, has urged employers to desist from the culture of bonus as incentive measures in meeting the financial targets of accountants.
Zimbabwean workers have been described as highly skilled, resilient and dedicated people who have managed to withstand financial challenges brought by sanctions.
MORE than 80 percent of companies are yet to reach an agreement with their workers on the last quarter of salary reviews which should have been concluded last October.
Weeks of anxiety as to which political party, erstwhile aide of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr Nnamdi Uba will contest the Anambra 2010 gubernatorial election was brought to an end yesterday when the Labour Party confirmed that he will be contesting under its platform.
In this continuation of the interview I had with Muhammed Krubally, a visually impaired person, he talks about employment opportunities for persons with disabilities.
Several times, the Federal government has amended its timetable for the sale of NITEL and Mtel with an announcement that the sales would now be completed in February 2010. Though the sloppy handling of the sale of NITEL has been generating a lot of debate, little has been said or done about the staff of the companies; the people bearing the brunt of the sale debacle.
The Surface and Marine Transport Authority (Sumatra) says it is waiting for a police report before responding to Monday's strike by daladala drivers and conductors on some routes in Dar es Salaam.
Over 50 employees of Bulwark Security Guard have been working without any formal employment contracts with their employer for five years, it has been learnt.
THE South African labour market is expected to rebound in the first quarter of next year. A minority of employers expect improved hiring activity in some sectors, according to a survey released by employment services giant Manpower SA earlier this week.
No fewer than 23 suspects were arrested yesterday by the Osun State Police Command over a bloody clash between anti-riot policemen and the Nigerian Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) at Ora-Igbomina in Ifedayo local government area of the state.
I called a Professor in Lagos State University (LASU) to ask whether I could come to see him from Ilorin on Tuesday (November 17) over an official departmental matter. That was in the morning of Monday, November 16, 2009.
THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it has been vindicated by an International Labour Organisation (ILO) research report that cautions governments not to quickly abandon support measures adopted in response to the global economic crisis.
With a view of reducing further infant mortality rates, two non-government organizations have partnered to upgrade the skills of 22 nurses in handling complicated deliveries in a bid to ensure birth of healthy babies.
All court proceedings in Akwa Ibom State were yesterday grounded as a result of the strike action embarked upon by the judiciary workers union .
International pursuit of low carbon policies has the potential to create 20 million jobs between now and 2020 in low-carbon energy in eight of the world's leading economies (including the US, China, India and the UK) argues a new report to be published tomorrow Friday.
Since plans by government to deregulate the downstream sector of the oil industry became public knowledge, fuel marketers have intensified efforts in doing what they know how to do best: That is to hoard the product.
A new wave of xenophobic violence in South Africa is gathering intensity, after six Zimbabwean nationals were severely injured in a vicious attack by a mob of local residents in Polokwane, South Africa.
THE International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned governments not to withdraw the national economic stimulus packages introduced in the past few months to counter the global economic crisis prematurely, saying any changes could delay a jobs recovery process for years.
