Various political parties in the Upper East Region have reiterated calls on governments to create employment opportunities for the youth and embark on a massive education of political party groups...
A growing share of US employers are struggling to hire new workers and some have raised wages as a result, according to a survey released on Monday. The National Association of Business Economists...
Central Region has been identified as the root or source of all child and human trafficking activities in the country. According to the Central Regional Police Command, the region has been identified...
South Africa’s Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has made a ruling that Uber drivers are now able to form unions, bargain and strike. This effectively means Uber drivers...
Meet Kofi, a twelve-year-old boy who works at a gold mine in the Central Region. On Monday Kofi is working to bring home some money for his parents and five siblings. By Wednesday he is dead. His...
Some staff of Youth Employment Agency (YEA) have petitioned the General Legal Council against lawyer Samson Lardy Anyenini for citing them in a suit against the agency without their consent. The...
The US government retirement program for the elderly will be exhausted starting in 17 years unless policies are changed, the US Treasury said Thursday. Social Security, the Depression-era retirement...
Following the announcement of the 9.60 new minimum wage, the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has called on the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to ensure compliance. According to the PPP, though...
The General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU), Solomon Kotei, says the minimum wage in Ghana is not enough for anyone to live a comfortable life, describing it as a...
Staff of Pantang Psychiatric Hospital have called of their strike following a crunch meeting with the Minister of Health. Kwaku Agyemang Manu was at the hospital on Wednesday to hear the workers’...
Former Member of Parliament for Ablekuma North, Justice Joe Appiah has says the new daily minimum wage announced for 2018 by the National Tripartite Committee is insufficient considering the economic...
Air Zimbabwe has laid off 200 employees -- nearly half its workforce -- to try to stay in the air, Zimbabwe state media reported Wednesday, as the country's economic troubles deepen. Under long-time...
China has released 10 Crown Resorts employees, including two Australians, after they spent nine months in prison on charges related to organising gambling tours. The Australian Department of Foreign...
Eleven migrant labourers died of asphyxiation in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday in a fire that engulfed the windowless house they shared, Saudi authorities said. "Firefighters put out a blaze in an old...
The National Tripartite Committee (NTC) yesterday announced a National Daily Minimum Wage (NDMW) of GH¢9.60, which is to take effect from January 1, 2018. The new NDMW is a 10 per cent increase over...
Malaysia has rounded up over 3,000 undocumented migrant workers this month in a major crackdown, prompting alarm Wednesday from lawmakers across the region who said the campaign was "victimising the...
The Brazilian Senate has approved a controversial labour reform bill – the first major overhaul in 70 years. The law aims to reduce costs for businesses and allow firms to negotiate contracts...
The national tripartite committee has increased the daily minimum wage from GHc8.80 to GHc9.68 representing a 10 percent increment. The decision was announced by the committee following a two-hour...
Kenyan MPs, who are some of the best paid lawmakers in the world, are to get a pay cut intended to reduce the public wage bill. The MPs’ $7,200 (£5,500) monthly pay will be cut by 15% and they...
Twelve public sector labour unions have given government up to the end of July 2017, to pay their tier two pension contributions. According to the unions, their contributions have been held at the...
