Tag: workers
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Obaseki approves 13th-month salary for Edo workers
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, on Monday, approved the payment of the 13th-month salary to Edo civil and public servants. Obaseki gave the approval during an interactive session with civil and public servants between Grade Levels 8 and 17 at the Sir Victor Uwaifo Creative Hub, Benin City.
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Osun denies demotion of workers, half-pay
The Osun State Government says it has no plan to demote any of its workers or payment of half salary. This is contained in a statement by Malam Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson for Gov. Ademola Adeleke, on Saturday in Osogbo.
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Automatic promotion to workers not captured in 2023 budget – Lawmaker
A lawmaker in Abia, Chief Obinna Ichita, has said that the 2023 Appropriation Act passed by the state House of Assembly did not capture the State Government’s automatic promotion to Local Government workers. Ichita, representing Aba South State Constituency, made the disclosure
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Thousands of UK workers stage biggest single-day strike in a decade
Britain’s biggest strike in a decade got under way on Wednesday, with up to half a million workers walking out in increasingly bitter disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Members of seven trade unions are taking industrial action, affecting schools
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Plateau Govt. urges workers to shelve warning strike
The Plateau state Government has urged the organised labour in the state to shelve its proposed warning strike scheduled to commence on Monday.
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Qatar 2022: About 500 workers died on construction site – Qatari official, al-Thawadi
The total number of workers who died during the construction and renovations of stadia in Qatar has been put between 400 and 500 a top Qatari official has said. This is by far the country’s highest figure of casualties in history, according to Daily Mail. This was confirmed by secretary-general of Qatar’s Supreme Committee for…
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Workers at risk as Amazon shuts down business in India
U.S. online retailer Amazon on Monday said that it would shut down its wholesale distribution business in India as it moved to focus more on its core retail business.
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Ireland to increase state pension for workers above 66 years
Ireland on Tuesday announced that workers above 66 years would be given a higher state pension the longer they stay at work. The country was sidestepping a recommendation by a government-appointed commission to gradually increase the retirement age to 68 to help fund the ageing population.
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FG to adjust workers salaries to current realities – Ngige
The Federal Government says it will adjust workers salaries to meet the current realities in the economy of the country. Sen. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment said this at the public presentation of the NLC of 40 publication titled, “Contemporary History of Working Class Struggles’’ on Monday in Abuja.
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We want more Nigerian workers in our country – Qatar
The State of Qatar has expressed its willingness to have more Nigerians in its labour force. Mr Ahmad AL-Horr, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Qatar in Nigeria, said this when he visited the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige on Friday in Abuja.