Marwako petitioners blame state institutions for foreigners’ abuse of Ghanaian employees
Petitioners of an online campaign against Marwako Fast Foods have pointed at the failure of state institutions to deal with labour issues as the...
2020 Daily Minimum Wage up 11 percentage point – Employment Minister
The 2020 National Daily Minimum Wage (NDMW) has gone up 11 percentage point over the 2019 NDMW of GHC 10.65 to GHC11.82, effective from...
Goldfields to lay off over 1,500 workers
About 1,700 workers of Goldfields (Tarkwa Mine) are on the verge of losing their jobs in a massive lay off exercise being undertaken by...
COPEC urges GOIL to reconsider its withdrawal from AOMCs
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), has appealed to the largest oil marketing firm, GOIL, to reconsider its decision to suspend its membership from...
HASAG fumes at FWSC, demands conclusion of Negotiations
Members of the Health Accounting Staff Association of Ghana (HASAG) are agitating to embark on an industrial action over their long-stalled negotiations of their...
SSNIT jeopardizes workers’ pension
The reported mismanagement of the Social Security and National Security Trust (SSNIT) has jeopardized the pension funds of Ghanaian workers.
According to the Ghana Federation...
Nuclear company to cut jobs in Niger
The French nuclear group Areva announced on Monday dismissals in 2018 in one of its subsidiaries in Niger. Several hundred workers would be affected,...
Nigeria sacks 4,500 ‘incompetent’ teachers
More than 4,500 newly recruited primary school teachers in Nigeria’s northern state of Kaduna have been sacked for “incompetence”.
Lawal Danjuma, an aide to the...
Ghana rallies against child labour
Ghana has launched the 2017 International Day against Child Labour with a focus on significantly reducing the number of children involved in paid work.According...
Prepare bank workers for mergers—Stanchart CEO
With the banking industry set for mergers and acquisitions following the drastic hike in the minimum capital requirement, labour unions have been asked to...
