South Africa's main agriculture and farming union has expressed concern about the bilateral investment treaty agreed with Zimbabwe, which is set to exclude South African owned farms that were expropriated by the Robert Mugabe regime during the chaotic land 'reform' programme.
A local beverage company fired 48 workers last week for refusing to wear corporate uniforms they believe were taken to a traditional healer for ritual purposes "to increase sales".
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 Federal Government yesterday approved the implementation of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) for all medical workers ending the alleged discrepancies in the payment of salaries.
The second graduation ceremony of the new beneficiaries of an Entrepreneurship Development Programme has taken place in Otta, Ogun State. The graduating students were trained by the Entrepreneurship Development Centre in Lagos.
Activities at the Delta State Legislature were brought to a halt yesterday following a work-to-rule by staff over unpaid allowances.
The federal government has approved the implementation of a Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) for medical health workers in federal medical agencies.
I want to let every Nigerian know that NITEL was one of the most liquid government companies in this country before government decided to frustrate it out of existence. In this interview with Daily Trust, President of the National Union of Postal and Telecommunications Employees (NUPTE) Comrade Sunday Alasan talks on the best way to reposition the ailing Nigeria Telecommunications (NITEL), the ...
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.
