I will fast-track implementation of labour market information system
Minister-designate for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah has given assurance that he will fast-track the implementation of Labour Market Information System, initiated...
Coca-Cola cuts corporate staff
Beverage giant Coca-Cola has confirmed that it will be cutting around 1,200 corporate jobs as it continues its efforts to save money and slim...
Ontario employers “appalled” by minimum wage
A number of employer organizations have criticized Ontario’s plan to boost the minimum wage to $15 an hour, saying the increase could cause job...
Civil servants to be paid on time in ‘reformed’ post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government continues to drive remarkable reforms in a bid to revive the flailing economy and win over the support of Zimbabweans...
African governments asked to integrate entrepreneurship into industrialization strategies
African governments need to integrate entrepreneurship more fully into their industrialisation strategies, according to the African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2017 released at the...
Kenya doctors end 100-day strike after deal with government
Kenyan doctors on Tuesday reached an agreement with the government to end the medics’ 100-day strike.
The agreement grants doctors increased allowances, outlines a promotion...
PUWU sues gov’t over ECG privatisation
The Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) has sued three institutions that are playing key roles in the privatization of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG),...
EU: One Employee in Europe Could Trigger New EU Data Protection Obligations
On April 16, 2016, the EU adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which largely rewrites and harmonizes the European legal framework of data...
South Africa water shortage sends workers on loo trip
South Africa's dire water shortage means that some civil servants have to give each other lifts to the other side of town just to...
Hundreds of illegally hired staff will be fired
Hundreds of workers may be sacked after it emerged they were illegally employed. Reports say some senior county government officials took advantage of the...
