AllAfrica News: Labour

[Daily News] Zanzibar -- ZANZIBAR President, Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi, said his government intends to provide new employment permits in the new financial year for the health sector and other cadres to reduce the shortage of nurses and doctors in the country.

[SAnews.gov.za] The official unemployment rate has risen marginally by some 1.3 percentage points from 31.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025 to reach 32.7% in the first quarter of 2026.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Minister of Labour, Cllr. Cooper W. Kruah Sr., has formally requested the Management of the Firestone Plantation Company to place an immediate hold on the proposed redundancy of Winston Ford, Co-Chair of the Firestone Agricultural Workers Union (FAWUL).

[Liberian Observer] A three-day human resource management training aimed at strengthening the administrative and institutional capacity of the Legislature officially opened Monday, May 11, with stakeholders emphasizing that effective democratic governance depends not only on elected lawmakers, but also on the competence and professionalism of the staff supporting legislative ope...

[Liberian Observer] Liberia's Minister of Labour, Cllr. Cooper W. Kruah, Sr., has ordered the immediate suspension of a proposed redundancy exercise by the Firestone Plantation Company involving a senior union official, citing concerns over potential industrial unrest and the need for further investigation.