THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) yesterday conceded that a campaign to "change the work ethic" in the public service was needed to meet the challenge of poor service delivery.
COMPANIES facing viability problems have laid off more than 2 000 workers this year while others have gone for over two years without paying severance packages to those retrenched, the Parliamentary Committee on Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare heard on Monday.
THE umbrella body for senior staff in the nation's financial sector, the Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI), has raised alarm over increasing retrenchments and unfair labour practices in the banking sector and warned against making workers scapegoats in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) induced clean-up exercise in the sector.
People who commute on the Francistown-Mandunyane road may find themselves in the lurch as bus and combi drivers threaten to strike to protest the recent 'reduction' of fares by the Department of Road Transport and Safety (DRTS).
The wrongful dismissal case involving one Alieu Faal and Modou Jarjue against the Medical Research Council (MRC) on Tuesday, 17 February 2009, failed before the High Court in Bundung.
Chairman of Lagos, Western and Northern Areas (LAWNA) Territory of The Apostolic Church, Nigeria, Pastor Gabriel Olutola has said the major problems confronting Nigeria include corruption, lack of electricity, rising rate of unemployment and high cost of living.
A RETIREMENT fund yesterday suggested legislation was needed to compel pension funds to invest unclaimed pension fund surpluses in job-creating projects and help the government deal with SA's worsening unemployment crisis.
Uganda Martyrs University - Nkozi chancellor, Bishop Matthias Ssekamanya has asked government to create jobs for graduates to reduce on the number of those seeking greener pastures abroad. Speaking at the university's 15th graduation ceremony last Friday, Bishop Ssekamanya said the country continues to lose skilled professionals yet the locals are dire need of their services.
Makerere University has set up an internal tribunal for its staff members, Daily Monitor has learnt. In an October 15 letter, the university secretary, Mr Sam Akorimo, said the institution has set up court in accordance with the Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act.
The Inspector General of Police, Mr Ogbonna Onovo has announced a new welfare package for the rank and file of the police from January next year. Mr Onovo broke the cheering news yesterday while addressing men and officers of the Police at Zone 11 headqauters of the force, Osogbo during a two-day working visit to Osun State.
Police used tear gas to force workers out of a Naivasha clinic after they resisted efforts by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board to shut it down.
Mozambique's National Union of Building, Timber and Mine Workers (SINTICIM) has accused the General Inspectorate of Labour (IGT) of bungling its investigation into the deaths of two workers on a Maputo building site in October.
Over 85 former members of the House of Representatives who served between 2003 and 2007 have handed down a 30-day ultimatum to Speaker Dimeji Bankole to offset their N382.5 million unpaid salaries and allowances or be ready to meet them in court.
Governor Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State announced that arrangement had been concluded by the state government to conduct the local government election in the state, adding that about 3,000 persons would be recruited into the State Civil Service, next year.
Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Sokoto state chapter, has called off the strike action embarked upon two weeks ago in the state.
The World Bank survey carried out, about three years back, indicates that Uganda has less than the minimum number of accountants that it should have.
Unemployment is an issue that has bedeviled Nigeria for a long time and had generated a lot of research in this country. Nevertheless, it is still one of the most pivotal social epidemics facing Nigeria because of rising rates of unemployment in Nigeria.
The Sokoto State branch of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has called off its over two week old strike. This was conveyed through a communiqué issued at the end of its meeting in Sokoto yesterday.
About one month after an accord was reached between the Federal Government and university teachers, indications have emerged that staff unions may resume strike following non-payment of their wages during the period the industrial action lasted.
THE Government has earmarked sh30b to fight unemployment among the youth, a government official has said.
A total of 128 Ugandans have left to work as guards and truck drivers in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
About 431 City of Harare workers were yesterday awarded with long service awards at a colourful ceremony held at the City Sports Centre in Harare.
GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has offered automatic employment to graduates of Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, who emerged overall best in their various departments.
KINGDOM Financial Holdings Limited has confirmed that 183 workers have left the group under a voluntary separation package that is being implemented as part of an ongoing rationalisation and restructuring programme.
ANOTHER strike is looming in the nation's university system as members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are contemplating what to do as a result of the insistence of the Federal Government to implement a policy of "no work, no pay rule" on them.
