Labour economics

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Fed Sees Modest To Moderate US Growth; Optimism Waning

Most regions of the United States continue to see modest to moderate growth, but optimism about the economic outlook...

News

Let’s Avoid Labour Unrest To Build Ghana – Minister

Central Regional Minister, Kwame Duncan, has appealed to Ghanaian workers to avoid labour unrest in order to build a...

News

Lead the Charge Against Poor Attitude To Work – Akufo-Addo To TUC Boss

President Nana Akufo-Addo seems to be on the side of Employers on International Workers’ Day, Monday criticizing the...

Business

More Than 1.2 Million People In Ghana Are Unemployed – Report

More than 1.2 million persons from 15 years and older are estimated to be unemployed, representing the total...

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12 Per Cent Ghanaians Jobless

More?than one million Ghanaians, constituting about 12 per cent of the labour force, are unemployed, a study conducted...

Business

Ghana’s Unemployment Rate Hit 11.9 % In 2015 – Report

Ghana’s unemployment rate stood at 11.9 percent in 2015. This is according to the latest Ghana Labour Force Survey...

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Labour Force Survey Report Out

The Employment and Labour Relations ministry will henceforth have better grounds of operation and policy making to...

Business

ICU Warns of Layoffs Over Power Outages

The Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) has renewed caution of massive job layoffs if the power supply...

Business

Job Layoffs Lurk Over Persistent Power Challenges – ICU

The Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) has renewed caution of massive job layoffs if the power supply...

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Job Layoffs Lurks Over Persistent Power Challenges – ICU

The Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) has renewed caution of massive job layoffs if the power supply...

International

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...

Business

The Minister-designate for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, has revealed he has “fantastic”...

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Stop Campaign Rhetoric and Fix Unemployment Challenges -TUC?tells Parties

The Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) has challenged political parties to come up with strategies to address...

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Suggest Means To Fix Unemployment Challenges – TUC to Political Parties

The Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) has challenged political parties to come up with strategies to address...

Entertainment

Majid Michel To Students

Popular Ghanaian actor Majid Michel says the way Ghana’s system of education has been skewed to focus on teaching...

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Majid Michel Advises Students To Exploit Their Gifts

Popular Ghanaian actor Majid Michel says the way Ghana’s system of education has been skewed to focus on teaching...

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400,000 Unemployed Youth Join Labour Force Yearly – ACET

A research conducted by the African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) shows that about four hundred thousand...

Politics

Employed, Unemployed Or Under-Employed?

Among the key issues in this year’s elections which has been brought to the front burner is the issue of...

Opinion

Bad Policies The Bane Of Unemployment In Ghana

Governments are instituted to enact policies to make life comfortable and easy for its citizenry. Successive...