Ghana to get Occupational Health & Safety Authority
Sep 8, 2017
The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations is developing an Occupational Health and Safety Bill which seeks to regulate occupational health and...
Labour Commission grapples with inadequate resources
Sep 8, 2017
The National Labour Commission (NLC) says it is heavily under resourced, a situation which is adversely affecting its operations.
According to the Commission,...
Nigerian shoe maker creates jobs
Unemployed and facing lack of opportunities, a group of young people are now actively involved in shoe making in Nigeria’s northern city Yola.
The young...
Aeroflot attendants compensated over uniform size
A Russian court has ruled the airliner Aeroflot cannot tell its staff what clothes size to wear.
It sided with two female flight attendants who...
Iran’s tourism industry is booming
Once off limits to many because of international sanctions, Iran is making a big comeback as a tourist destination.
More than 6 million people visited...
Whistleblower faces industry sanctions
A Quebec engineer who blew the whistle on a damaged bridge has admitted breaking professional rules, after giving details to a journalist before he...
Who are the low-skilled EU workers?
Confusingly, there is no single definition of what constitutes a low-skilled job or a low-skilled worker.
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), for...
Ghana must adopt hourly pay system
In the quest to check the high wage bill and increase productivity, Ghana’s public and private sectors must pay workers by the hour, says...
McDonald’s hit by first UK industrial action
McDonald's workers are staging their first UK strike after walking out at two stores in a dispute over zero-hours contracts and conditions.
Workers at Cambridge...
Can cutting work hours solve Japan’s productivity puzzle?
Law makers and companies are aiming for shorter hours and a better work-life balance for Japanese people, in an attempt to solve a national...
