FG assures national living wage to Nigerian workers
The Federal Government says it is committed to giving Nigerian workers a national living wage. Speaking at the 2024 Workers Day Celebration at the Eagle Square, Abuja, President Bola Tinubu represented by his Vice, KashimShettima, said the government is open to receive the recommendations of the tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage, while […]
Bill seeking five months leave for mourning workers passes second reading
A bill seeking to grant five months leave for female and male workers who lost their spouses has scaled second reading at the House of Representatives. This followed the presentation of the general principles of the bill by the sponsor, Rep. Saidu Abdullahi (APC-Niger) at plenary on Tuesday, who argued that the bill was to […]
UK Begins Dependants’ Ban For Migrant Care Workers
The United Kingdom (UK) has started the implementation of the dependants’ ban on migrant caregivers. In a post on its X handle on Monday, the UK Home Office said the move is part of plans to cut migration, and promptly, care workers entering the UK on Health and Care Worker visas can no longer bring […]
NLC demands hundreds of thousands in minimum wage for workers
The Nigeria Labour Congress has demanded N794,000 as the new national minimum wage for workers in the South West geopolitical political zone. The Labour Union in the South West, through the Chairperson of the Lagos State chapter of the NLC, Funmi Sessi, made the demand during her presentation at the ongoing public hearing of the […]
Lagos Civil Servants to work from Office Three Days a Week, to ease economic Hardship
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced that Lagos State Civil Servants from Level 1 to 14 will come to work PHYSICALLY three times a week and work VIRTUALLY for the two other days – to ease economic pressure in the state. The governor, who stated this during a media chat on Thursday, also announced a 25% […]
Workers in the construction industry should begin a 3-day warning strike today
The workers, under the aegis of the National Union of Civil Engineering Construction, Furniture and Wood Workers (NUCECFWW) as well as the Construction and Civil Engineering Senior Staff Association (CCESSA), had last Friday directed their members to begin the warning strike today, despite the appeal by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka […]
