Follow AllAfrica News: Labour, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/all-africa-news-labour Wed, 22 Sep 2021 19:33:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivSW3liF-DSTTETXPGaG87AR [Nation] "Despite their life-affirming role in providing healthcare for women, midwives are the least paid healthcare workers," said Angela Nguku, founder and executive director, White Ribbon Alliance Kenya (WRA Kenya), during the launch of a report on what midwives want on September 22 in Kisumu.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 16:02:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivSW3liF-DSTTETXPGaG87AR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivTNKjOIzJSoOX-fx8LWuXng [Capital FM] Nairobi -- National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani has been summoned to appear before the Senate Committee on Labour on Thursday so that he can give details on the payment of a one-off honorarium and monthly pension to the former councilors.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:51:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivTNKjOIzJSoOX-fx8LWuXng https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivSn2FpUd7yYtQO5yOwvVe_2 [New Era] A Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) graduate, who is volunteering at the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) rural centre at Onamishu Eengodi constituency, says she has broadened her knowledge in a field she never studied for.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:44:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivSn2FpUd7yYtQO5yOwvVe_2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivSn2FpUd7yYtbG7Iy_4u0x9 [Nairobi News] City Hall is on the spot over failure to employ at least 50 early childhood development education (ECDE) volunteer teachers aged 45 years and above.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:43:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivSn2FpUd7yYtbG7Iy_4u0x9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivQYgoZTJMokVETXPGaG87AR [Namibian] Transnamib has chosen not to divulge further information on its decision to retrench 340 of its 1 309 workers.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:30:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivQYgoZTJMokVETXPGaG87AR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivTbINOb7er-N0TXPGaG87AR [Govt of SA] Newly appointed Supported Employment Enterprises (SEE) CEO has appealed to government departments to intentionally support the entity so that it can thrive and fufill its mandate.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 13:57:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivTbINOb7er-N0TXPGaG87AR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivTbINOb7er-N1Lv-B9hV9S2 [Namibia Economist] Namibia Breweries Limited signed their substantive agreement with the Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (NAFAU), effective for the period 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2023.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 13:54:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivTbINOb7er-N1Lv-B9hV9S2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivQB2feL2frfjjErtZyObPkc [New Era] The plan by the national rail service operator, TransNamib, to retrench 340 employees in the coming weeks, does not require government approval, as this decision lies entirely in the hands of the authority's board.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:13:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivQB2feL2frfjjErtZyObPkc https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivTIDe619_t3V9KEpFgimKzx [New Dawn] The secretary-general for the Health Workers Union of Liberia Mr. George Poe Williams says unfolding developments within the public sector are appalling.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:38:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivTIDe619_t3V9KEpFgimKzx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivTIDe619_t3V3CrAHWlao0B [This Day] The House of Representatives at the plenary yesterday unanimously passed for a second reading a bill to exempt the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) from the contributory pension scheme like their counterpart in the military and the intelligence agencies.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:26:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivTIDe619_t3V3CrAHWlao0B https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivTIDe619_t3V_9M7fKGWt0o [Daily Trust] Twenty percent of the full-time workforce in Nigeria lost employment during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, a new report has revealed.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:23:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivTIDe619_t3V_9M7fKGWt0o https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivQmGZlnH0wToixhxzpi7FpJ [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) Monday said Kenyans working online earn an average of Shs 20,774 monthly with females accounting for 33 pc of all digital workers while those aged between 18 and 35 representing 83 percent of all the workers.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 09:25:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivQmGZlnH0wToixhxzpi7FpJ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivTDZ0oBrUnZSEGb1Jh49AJn [Vanguard] The United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, and National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, have released a report which said at least 20 per cent of the full-time workforce in Nigeria lost employment during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:55:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivTDZ0oBrUnZSEGb1Jh49AJn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivTDZ0oBrUnZSOGkz6RCC25z [Vanguard] The Lagos State branch of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, on Tuesday lamented the acute shortage of Nurses and Midwives at the state and local government levels, saying, they are overworked and underpaid.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:55:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivTDZ0oBrUnZSOGkz6RCC25z https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivQqkZtEvJEbyMqq6eZJzUh9 [Premium Times] "There is virtually nothing that calls for celebration by nurses in Lagos and by extension, Nigeria," the union said.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:18:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivQqkZtEvJEbyMqq6eZJzUh9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivQqkZtEvJEbyFLv-B9hV9S2 [Premium Times] A small minority of businesses, however, reported positive gains during the pandemic.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:18:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivQqkZtEvJEbyFLv-B9hV9S2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivR6Ff5aO-k1zB-xWH3zZqEA [Nation] The Energy Ministry has offered to arbitrate talks between Kenya Power and the Kenya Electrical Trades and Allied Workers' Union (Ketawu) to avert a strike planned for next month.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 07:31:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivR6Ff5aO-k1zB-xWH3zZqEA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivR6Ff5aO-k1zGw5Ur-z5Bww [Nation] The Labour court has allowed the Kenya National Union of Nurses (Knun) to auction property belonging to Murang'a county after the local government failed to remit members' monthly statutory fees.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 07:30:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivR6Ff5aO-k1zGw5Ur-z5Bww https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivTDuVzMsFiZXIfjc6hd5eWF [GhanaToday] The government has granted some of the demands of the lecturers of the Technical Universities in the country.]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:06:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivTDuVzMsFiZXIfjc6hd5eWF https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivSnzPaqPxyIjOQEmsPXZ5C9 [New Dawn] Several commercial drivers staged a peaceful protest early Monday, 20 September 2021 in Monrovia, expressing their opposition to the reduction in transport fares by the government here.]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:17:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Xqoo7jCJivSnzPaqPxyIjOQEmsPXZ5C9