LABOUR

  President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, has lamented that minimum wage can barely provide basic necessities of life for workers in many parts of the world, noting that one per cent of the world population now controls half of the global wealth. Wabba made this known on...

The new International Labour Organisation (ILO) Global Wage Report 2018/2019 has revealed that Women the world over continue to be paid approximately 20 per cent less than men. The report calculates gender pay gaps in innovative and more accurate ways, using data covering some 70 countries and about 80 per...

The Federal Government on Wednesday took decisive step at stopping incessant strike actions by members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and other labour bodies by resolving to henceforth apply ‘no work, no pay rule.’ Briefing journalists at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council...

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has assured labour unions in the country that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is committed to the implementation of an improved National Minimum Wage for Nigerian workers. Oshiomhole spoke while receiving a delegation of the Trade Union Congress...

  The policy report of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) has said that within the next five years, Nigeria’s economy is expected to create over three million jobs yearly to maintain the current unemployment rate of 14 per cent. The report also said that the 2016 global Youth...

  The United Labour Congress (ULC) on Friday told Labour and Employment Minister Chris Ngige, to explain his `double-speak’ on the planned new minimum wage, to avoid confusion on the issue. On May 30, Ngige announced that the new National Minimum Wage would not be paid to workers by the...

Starting January 2018, male employees of Access Bank Plc can take advantage of an enhanced parental leave policy that extends paid benefits to all mothers and fathers. Fostering an inclusive workplace, the policy offers paid leave to all new parents at the Bank including mothers and fathers, as well as...

  The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on non-remittance of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund contributions by the Federal, State and Local Government on Monday summoned the Finance Minister; Kemi Adeosun, Budget and Planning Minister; Senator Udoma Udoma and Minister of Labour and Employment; Chris Ngige. Others to...

A civil rights organisation, Dignity in Labour on Saturday added a new dimension to the strike by a faction of the Nigerian labour movement, United Labour Congress, describing it as politically motivated. The pressure group said that contrary to their claims, the Nigeria Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), led by...

The Trade Union Congress (TUC), has urged the Federal Government to accede to the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by prioritising them. Chairman of TUC, Enugu State chapter, Mr Chukwuma Igbokwe, made this appeal while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on...