ILO: Global unemployment expected to rise by 3.4 million in 2017
Economic growth continues to disappoint and deficit in decent work remain widespread
The global unemployment rate is expected to rise modestly from 5.7 to 5.8...
Rising crime, unemployment and mediation
Violent crime, particularly armed robbery is not peculiar to Ghana. Like most developing countries, Ghana continues to grapple with the challenge of controlling violent...
Increased efforts needed to employ 1.2 million SHS graduates – Employment Minister
The Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Barfour Awuah says the government is putting in place measures that will ensure the employment of the...
Turkish glass workers fight strike ban
Almost 6,000 workers, members of the Kristal-İş glass union, are not leaving the factories of multinational glass manufacturer Şişecam at the end of their shifts in their quest to...
Cambodians demand living wages
Jun 15, 2017In 2016 new laws were introduced in Cambodia placing age, residency and literacy requirements on prospective union leaders and heavy fines for...
Venezuela hikes its minimum wage again — to just over $6
Venezuelans earning the minimum wage got another pay raise Thursday. But in reality, they're making far less than they were a year ago.
President Nicolas...
Job creation is government’s biggest challenge—President
July 18, 2017
President Akufo-Addo says the biggest challenge his government seeks to address is job creation.
“The greatest challenge we face is the creation of...
Ministry of Labour denies trade union registration
Workers of the Northwest Transportation Company CIA. Ltda. of Ecuador continue to wait for a fair response from the Ministry of Labour to their...
Moroccan firm to reinstate 540 dismissed workers
July 4, 2017Over 500 workers in the Moroccan city of Agadir have been on strike since March 2015 at DOHA, part of the wealthy...
TV 3 lays off over 100 workers
Aug 10, 2017
Over one hundred workers of TV3 Network Limited have been laid off in a retrenchment exercise.
Reports indicate that about 40 management staff...
