Scrap YEA, Review YES and Reform YIAP
Let’s face it, good intentions notwithstanding, a very good economic policy could fail for lack of effective execution. This is the very prognosis that Rural Heights Foundation has made with...
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Kerry Apologizes For Past Firings of Gay U.S. State Department Staff
U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday apologized to hundreds of State Department employees who were fired after the start of the Cold War for being gay in what is known as the "lavender...
Stop Vandalising, We’ll Create More Jobs – NPP Appeals To Irate Youth
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has appealed to its youth who are on rampage taking over state institutions to desist from acts that create disaffection for the government. NPP National Youth...
Police Foil Attempts By NPP Youth To Takeover NHIS Offices
Some youth, believed to be members of the governing New Patriotic Party, today made botched attempts to takeover the offices of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Sagnerigu and Tamale...
Police Foil Attempts By NPP Youth To Takeover NHIS Offices
Some youth, believed to be members of the governing New Patriotic Party, today made botched attempts to takeover the offices of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Sagnerigu and Tamale...
Police Foil Attempts By NPP Youth To Takeover NHIS Offices
Some youth, believed to be members of the governing New Patriotic Party, today made botched attempts to takeover the offices of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Sagnerigu and Tamale...
Thyssenkrupp Labor Chief Demands Better Deal Than Port Talbot
Workers at German steelmaker Thyssenkrupp will refuse to pick up the tab for concessions being offered to British unions by Tata Steel to further a merger, Thyssenkrupp's labor chief told Reuters on...
SSNIT Defends 18% Increase In Pension Benefits
The Social Security National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has justified its 18% increment of pension benefits. This is despite complaints of pensioners who had hoped for a higher percentage increase of...
Incoming Govt Must Invest In Agric, Manufacturing- Economist
Economist, Dr. Adu Sarkodie has appealed to the incoming government to focus on agriculture and manufacturing to strengthen the economy. His opinion comes as one of the numerous calls made by some...
Bike Courier Wins ‘gig’ Economy Case
A bicycle courier has won an employment rights case in a ruling which could have implications for the "gig economy". A tribunal found that Maggie Dewhurst, a courier with logistics firm City Sprint,...
Ghana’s Business Front Expects More From Akufo-Addo
Expectations are high within the Ghanaian business community ahead of the swearing in of the country’s President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo on January 7. The President-elect prior to last year’s...
Haruna Iddrisu Is Minority Leader
Outgoing Minister of Employment and Labour Relations Haruna Iddrisu has been nominated and accepted as the Minority Leader in the yet-to-be-constituted 7th parliament of Ghana’s Fourth Republic....
CCT, GNAT Assess Gov’t’s Handling of Teacher Disputes
As the John Mahama-led administration’s tenure ends on January 7, some teacher unions have expressed their disappointment about the outgoing administration’s handling of the various teacher...
I’ve Experience To Be Effective Chief of Staff – Frema Osei-Opare
Newly appointed Chief of Staff Frema Osei-Opare has indicated that she is very qualified and possesses the set of skills needed to succeed in her new role. “I do come with some experience I think...
Pensioners To Receive 18% Increment From January Ending
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has as per Section 80 of the National Pensions Act increased the monthly pension by 18 per cent. While earners of more than GH¢100 as of...
Contract Workers Still Shortchanged By Employers [Audio]
If you are an employee on contract terms but not enjoying benefits as per the law then you must demand for it. This is according to labour Analyst Austin Gamey. His assertions follow growing concerns...
Our Strike Is Legal – State Attorneys To Gov’t
State attorneys have debunked claims they are embarking on an illegal strike. The lawyers who have been on a sit-down strike for two months now are demanding better conditions of service and the...
Striking State Attorneys ‘fight’ AG Over ‘lay-Off Threat’
It seems Ghana’s State Attorneys are bent on having their demands of better conditions of service met before they return to work. The Association of State Attorneys declared a strike in October...
Zambia Women’s ‘day Off For Periods’ Sparks Debate
Discussing female menstruation publicly is something of a taboo in Zambia. This is no doubt why a provision in the country's labour law that allows female workers to take off one day a month is known...
New Minimum Wage Is Realistic – Labour Analyst
Labour Analyst, Austin Gammey has described as fair, the new national daily minimum wage which takes effect this month. According to him, the figure will among other things enable employers meet...