VIETNAM AIMS TO CREATE 1.6 MILLION NEW JOBS IN 2017
Vietnam aims to create more than 1.6 million new jobs for laborers, including 105,000 people sent to work abroad in 2017, according to Vietnamese...
Guinea: President Alpha Conde sacks 3 ministers after deadly strike protests
Guinea’s President Alpha Conde fired three ministers, according to a decree read on state television Monday, following violent protests over a teachers’ strike last...
Gender Intelligence to become key to business success
Jun 14, 2017Technology may be revolutionizing the world of work but digital know-how won’t drive business by itself – that’s the message from one...
National Minimum Wage goes up by 10 percent
July 11, 2017
The government has announced a 10 percent increase of the daily national minimum wage, pushing it GH¢8.80 to GH¢ 9.68.
The upward adjustment would take effect January 1, 2018.
It followed months...
Warwick Teachers Union rejects School Dept offer
Aug 31, 2017
A new contract between the Warwick Teachers Union and Warwick School Department, overdue since 2015, remains in the aspirational realm after the...
Mineworkers threaten strike over layoffs
The Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMWU) is threatening an indefinite strike to compel the government to respond to the concerns of mineworkers relating to the...
Tame your egos—President tells UEW factions
July 30, 2017
President Nana Akufo-Addo has asked the all the factions in the impasse at the University of Education Winneba (UEW) to tame their...
Ghana ranked Africa’s most expensive country to stay in
July 4, 2017A survey by MoveHub, a company which assesses countries across the world to offer advice to expatriates on where to stay, has...
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...
Businesses consider cutting staff as minimum wage increases
Ontario’s new $14 per hour minimum wage took effect Jan. 1 and Chris Stevens has taken steps to ensure his restaurant can afford the...
