US Jobless Claims Dip In Mid-March
New claims for US unemployment insurance edged downwards in mid-March, continuing a record stretch of low-levels, the Labor Department reported Thursday. With an unemployment rate below five percent...
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Marwako “Pepper” Man Granted Bail
Jihad Chaaban, the Lebanese supervisor of the Abelenkpe branch of Marwako Fast Foods, who splashed pepper paste on the face of a Ghanaian worker, Evelyn Boakye, has been granted bail in the sum of...
Marwako ‘abuser’ Jihad Granted Bail
Jihad Chaaban, the Lebanese supervisor of the Abelenkpe branch of Marwako Fast Foods, who splashed pepper paste on the face of a Ghanaian worker, Evelyn Boakye, has been granted bail in the sum of...
Education Must Solve Our Problems
THERE was a time in the history of this country when companies and organisations as well as the public service took career counselling and recruitment for graduate entrants to the universities,...
Over 200 Trainee Nurses Picket At Health Ministry; Protest Ban On Employment
Over 200 trainee nurses have besieged the premises of the Health Ministry demanding the suspension of a freeze on hiring. The chanting nurses who came from different parts of the country for the...
I’m Glad To Serve My Country – Pius Hadzide
Deputy Minister-designate for Youth and Sports Pius Enam Hadzide says he is happy President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has offered him the opportunity to serve the country in that portfolio. Mr...
Over 74,000 Teachers Pending Validation – Minister
The Minister for Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh has revealed that government has secured monies to pay the two year outstanding allowances for teachers. He said government owes teachers about a GHS...
Kenya Doctors End 100-Day Strike
Doctors in Kenya have agreed to end a 100-day strike that has paralysed the country’s public health system. Union officials representing thousands of striking medical workers have signed an...
Samuel Annor Named NHIA CEO
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Dr Samuel Annor as the new Chief Executive Officer for the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). Announcing the appointment in a letter dated...
Ghana To Export Labour
The government is exploring the possibility of exporting labour to countries with scarcity in their labour requirements. The Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Mr Ignatius Baffour Awuah,...
Saudi To Boost ‘decent and Proper’ Jobs For Women
Saudi Arabia is aiming for a major boost in female employment in the conservative Islamic kingdom but women need not go to an office, the labour ministry said. "Telework" and work from home will...
EU Workplace Headscarf Ban Legal
Employers are entitled to ban workers from the “visible wearing of any political, philosophical or religious sign” including headscarves, Europe’s top court has ruled. But the ban must be based...
Gov’t Launches “SOS Jobs4Women”
The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations in partnership with Nekotech Center of Excellence has launched an initiative dubbed: “SOS Jobs4Women Ghana Summit”. This project aims at bringing...
EU Workplace Headscarf Ban Is Legal, Says ECJ
Employers are entitled to ban workers from the “visible wearing of any political, philosophical or religious sign” including headscarves, Europe’s top court has ruled. But the ban must be based...
USAID Aims To Fortify Dev’t Efforts In A/R
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Ghana Mission Director Andrew Karas last week inspected programmes and activities of the Agency in the areas of economic growth, governance,...
‘NHIS Must Provide Quality Health Care’
HEAD of National Health Insurance Authority, Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby has expressed her concerns about compromised health care in public hospitals. The Medical officer said this at Dr. E. C. Tamakloe...
Railway Workers Demand Salary Increment
GHANA Railway workers have appealed to government to place the more than 1,500 railway workers on the Public Sector Payroll to forestall occasional delays and non-payment of salaries. They also asked...
TV3, That Is Not the Way
On March 1, 2017 some news outlets reported that the television network, TV3, has sacked 32 workers for wearing red bands (and tying some on the premises) and demonstrating instead of working. On...
Economic Fighters Want Low Minimum Wage Reviewed
Government has been asked to review the low minimum wage to better the lives of workers 'sweating' across ' labour camps' across the country. A group, Economic Fighters League (EFL) say the low...
Govt To Expedite Action On Occupational Health, Safety Bill
Minister of Employment and Labour Relations Ignatius Baffour Awuah has expressed the resolve of the government to expedite action on the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) draft policy bill. He...