UK Wage Growth Outpaces Inflation
Wages grew faster than the rate of inflation at the end of 2016, official figures show. In the three months to December, wages grew 2.6% on an annualised basis in the UK, according to the Office for...
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Andy Puzder Withdraws Nomination For Labour Secretary
US President Donald Trump's choice for labour secretary has withdrawn from consideration on the eve of a long-delayed confirmation hearing. Andrew Puzder lost the support of several Republican...
Trump’s Contested Pick For Labor Secretary Withdraws
US President Donald Trump's pick for labor secretary Andrew Puzder withdrew from consideration Wednesday, the White House said, amid concerns about his business record and controversies about his...
Boeing Workers In South Carolina Vote On Union
Boeing hourly workers in South Carolina headed to the polls Wednesday to determine whether to unionize in a region of the United States historically hostile to organized labor. About 3,000 Boeing...
Sarkodie Supports Kwaw Kese’s Donation To Pantang Psychiatric Hospital
Kwaw Kese donated items worth thousands of Ghana cedis to the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital yesterday. The facility is responsible for the treatment, welfare, training and rehabilitation of the...
Lufthansa Agrees Pay Deal With Pilot Union
The dispute has seen pilots take part in 15 strikes Lufthansa has struck a deal to solve a five-year-long dispute with pilots that has cost it millions of euros. Germany's largest airline and the...
Govt Exploiting Cocoa Farmers
The Western Regional Minister-nominee, Dr Kwaku Afriyie, has expressed dissatisfaction with what he described as the undue financial burden placed on cocoa farmers by government. He said the concept...
There Would Be No Imposition In One-District-One-Factory Policy
We will not impose factories on districts in carrying out the one-district-one-factory policy. That’s according to the Regional Minister-designate for the Eastern region. The New Patriotic Party...
There Would Be No Imposition Under One-District-One-Factory Policy
We will not impose factories on districts in carrying out the one-district-one-factory policy. That’s according to the Regional Minister-designate for the Eastern region. The New Patriotic Party...
Claims of Child Labour On Ghana Farms Overblown
Reports of Ghana using child labour on its cocoa farms are grossly exaggerated and not a true reflection of practices in cocoa growing areas, the Western Regional Minister designate has said. When he...
I Will Liaise With Traditional Authorities To End Child Labour – Kweku Afriyie
The Western Regional minister-designate, Dr Kweku Afriyie has said he will mobilize all efforts and policies towards addressing child labour, which is a hindrance to the progress of Children and a...
Agric Graduates Will Be Employed As Extension Officers – Osarfo Marfo
Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Marfo, has disclosed that government will employ all graduates from public universities who read Agriculture, but are unemployed. Speaking at a breakfast meeting on the...
NSS Personnel Request Extension of Service
The Coalition of Ghana National Service Personnel is requesting the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to extend the service period which ends on March 31, 2017 to August 31, 2017. According to...
Cocoa Sector Child Labour Concerns ‘grossly Exaggerated’
The Western Regional Minister-nominee, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has bemoaned the growing perception of child labour in the cocoa sector which he described as “grossly exaggerated.” During his vetting...
Boris Johnson To Visit Ghana Tomorrow
He will meet President Nana Addo during his visit to discuss key opportunities and challenges facing the country. He is also expected to visit the award-winning Blue Skies company, meet business...
Agric Graduates Will Be Employed As Extension Officers – Osarfo Marfo
Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Marfo, has disclosed that government will employ all graduates from public universities who read Agriculture, but are unemployed. Speaking at a breakfast meeting on the...
5 Signs Your Business Is No Longer A Startup
A startup is like an egg, you have to manage and groom it consciously and carefully to ensure that it doesn’t fall. If it falls, you may be unable to pick up the pieces. At this stage, it is very...
Striking A Balance Between Employee Rights and Employer Obligations
By: Rita Ako Williams, Executive Board Chairperson, Excella Consult, LLC For some time now, some employers of domestic workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain,...
Economy Remains Largely Informal – GSS Report Confirms
None of the ten regions of the country has up to 20percent of businesses or what the statistical service calls “non-household establishments” being formal, confirming concerns that a lot of...
SSNIT To Bail Housing Sector
The government has hinted of its intention to rely heavily on pension funds from the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to help bridge the housing gap in the country. The Minister...