UK unions want NHS cap scrapped
Jun 20, 2017 Trade unions representing 1.3 million nurses, doctors and other health professionals have written to UK Prime Minister Theresa May asking her to...
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...
Budget promises 100,000 jobs for unemployed graduates
In a deliberate attempt to fight the high graduate unemployment in the country, the government has announced the setting up of a Nation Builders'...
MELPWU secures Collective Agreement with Govt
After months of negotiations characterized by delays and industrial actions, the Medical Laboratory Professionals Workers Union (MELPWU) has signed its maiden Collective Agreement with...
Firms advised against abusing overtime work
July 5, 2017
Human Resource managers (HRM) have been advised to re-strategize policies within their businesses to manage overtime work effectively.
That would ensure that overtime...
Trump taps ex-labor board member Acosta to be labor secretary
President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated former National Labor Relations Board member R. Alexander Acosta to serve as U.S. secretary of labor, one day...
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...
Avoid COVID-19 labour disputes through proactive negotiation
An Industrial Relations Practitioner, Bright Sconi has recommended the use of proactive negotiation as an effective tool to prevent or resolve disputes that may...
4.1 million workers tested for HIV
More than 4.1 million workers and family members have been tested for HIV as part of the VCT@WORK (voluntary counselling and testing at work) initiative, according...
Female cops fight against ‘intolerable’ conducts in the police force
A group of female police officers have launched a campaign to change what they have referred to as ‘intolerable’ conducts in the police force.
“Women...
