Labor
US Firms Face Hiring Difficulties, Business Survey Says
A growing share of US employers are struggling to hire new workers and some have raised wages as a result, according to...
‘Central Region, Root of Child Trafficking In Ghana’
Central Region has been identified as the root or source of all child and human trafficking activities in the country....
Uber Drivers In SA Now Legally Considered Employees
South Africa’s Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has made a ruling that Uber drivers are...
The Destruction of Our Future
Meet Kofi, a twelve-year-old boy who works at a gold mine in the Central Region. On Monday Kofi is working to bring...
YEA Staff Distance Themselves From Samson’s Suit; Petition General Legal Council
Some staff of Youth Employment Agency (YEA) have petitioned the General Legal Council against lawyer Samson Lardy...
US Social Security Funds Run Out In 17 Years
The US government retirement program for the elderly will be exhausted starting in 17 years unless policies are...
Ensure Compliance of Minimum Wage
Following the announcement of the 9.60 new minimum wage, the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has called on the...
Minimum Wage Is Not A Living Wage But A Survival Wage – ICU Boss
The General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU), Solomon Kotei, says the minimum wage in...
Health Minister Intervention Results In Call-Off of Pantang Strike
Staff of Pantang Psychiatric Hospital have called of their strike following a crunch meeting with the Minister of...
GHC9.68 Daily Minimum Wage ‘small’ – Joe Appiah Tells Gov’t
Former Member of Parliament for Ablekuma North, Justice Joe Appiah has says the new daily minimum wage announced for...
Debt-Ridden Air Zimbabwe Sacks Half Its Workforce
Air Zimbabwe has laid off 200 employees -- nearly half its workforce -- to try to stay in the air, Zimbabwe state media...
Two Australian Crown Resorts Staff Finally Freed From Jail In China
China has released 10 Crown Resorts employees, including two Australians, after they spent nine months in prison on...
11 Migrant Workers Die In Saudi House Fire
Eleven migrant labourers died of asphyxiation in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday in a fire that engulfed the windowless house...
Minimum Wage Goes Up To GHc9.60 From Jan 1
The National Tripartite Committee (NTC) yesterday announced a National Daily Minimum Wage (NDMW) of GH¢9.60, which is...
Malaysia Condemned For Migrant Worker Crackdown
Malaysia has rounded up over 3,000 undocumented migrant workers this month in a major crackdown, prompting alarm...
Brazil Senate Passes Controversial Labour Reform
The Brazilian Senate has approved a controversial labour reform bill – the first major overhaul in 70 years. The law...
Minimum Wage Increased By 10%
The national tripartite committee has increased the daily minimum wage from GHc8.80 to GHc9.68 representing a 10...
Kenyan MPs To Get 15% Pay Cut
Kenyan MPs, who are some of the best paid lawmakers in the world, are to get a pay cut intended to reduce the public...
12 Labour Unions Threaten Strike Over Tier Two Pension
Twelve public sector labour unions have given government up to the end of July 2017, to pay their tier two pension...