Tag: Minimum Wage
Minimum Wage: National Assembly will fast track passage – Senator
The National Assembly will fast track the passage of the new national minimum wage bill, once the executive bill is…
Labour to Ngige: Explain`double-speak’ on new minimum wage
The United Labour Congress (ULC) on Friday told Labour and Employment Minister Chris Ngige, to explain his `double-speak’ on the…
Don’t expect new minimum wage in September – Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has said that the new national minimum wage may not materialise…
Minimum wage, subsidy not in 2018 Budget
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Sen. Danjuma Goje, has said that no provision was made in the 2018 Budget…
Video: Nigerian workers speak up over new minimum wage
As the World celebrate the Workers Day, civil servants in the Federal Capital Territory appealed to the Federal Government to…
Minimum Wage: Labor says time line must not be altered
The Organised Labour says it will not to allow the Tripartite Committee for National Minimum Wage to alter the time…
Minimum wage: NLC tasks FG, states to block financial leakages
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on government at all levels to block financial leakages to be able to…
Rivers Labour leaders insist on N66,500 minimum wage
The organised labour in Rivers has insisted on N66,500 as national minimum wage for the workers in the country.
President Ramaphosa defends controversial national minimum wage
South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Friday refuted criticism against the National Minimum Wage (NMW), saying “NMW is a firm…
Gov. calls for just, implementation of minimum wage
Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has advised the organised Labour to demand for fair, just and implementable National Minimum Wage…
Organised Labour demand N66,500 as New Minimum Wage
The Organised Labour on Thursday in Lagos demanded a new minimum wage of N66,500 for all workers in the country.
Ramaphosa under pressure as South African unions protest over minimum wage
Several thousand South African union members marched in Johannesburg on Wednesday to protest a proposed national minimum wage they called…
New corps members’ allowance dependent on new minimum wage –DG
Brig-Gen. Sulaiman Kazaure, the Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), says the increase in corps members monthly allowance would…
Minimum Wage: Committee to hold nationwide public hearing
The Federal Government Tripartite Committee on the new National Minimum Wage is to hold public hearing across the country, and…
Sen. Sani calls on Nigerian Govt to fulfill promise of new minimum wage
Sen. Shehu Sani, (APC- Kaduna Central) has called on the Federal Government to fulfil the third quarter promise for the…
2019 elections: Implementing minimum wage not political gimmick to victory – Oshiomole
A former governor of Edo, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, says the Federal Government’s proposal to implement a new minimum wage is…
Minister assures workers on new minimum wage aggrement
The Minister for Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige, on Monday assured Nigerian workers that implementation of a new minimum…
Nigerian Govt urged to uphold timely review of minimum wage
Mr Abdulwaheed Omar, a former President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has urged the Federal Government to always implement the…
Former NLC Chairman seeks fair deal in minimum wage talks
Former Edo Gov. Adams Oshiomhole has advocated a win-win situation for the parties involved in determining a new minimum wage…
Russia to raise minimum wage May 1 – Putin
Russia will raise its minimum wage effect from May 1, President Vladimir Putin, who is running for re-election in March,…
House of Reps recommends upward review of minimum wage
The House of Representatives has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Minister of Labour and Employment to commence the…
Minimum wage: NLC calls for collaborative effort to achieve goal
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for collaborative efforts to achieve a new national minimum wage for workers.
Minimum wage: Staff Association urges to FG commence review
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, (SSANU) has advised the Federal Government to urgently commence the negotiation process for…
Economy cannot recover with poorly paid workers – labour leader
A labour leader, Mr Isa Aremu, on Monday appealed to the Federal Government to constitute a national minimum wage review…
Teachers in Bayelsa threaten warning strike
The Bayelsa chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), on Sunday threatened to commence a three-day warning strike from…
Labour protests planned removal of minimum wage from exclusive list
The organised labour on Saturday said it would mobilise workers across sectors of the Nigerian economy to protest moves to…
Buhari To Make Minimum Wage A Priority
Mr Goke Olatunji, President, National Union of Chemical Footwear, Rubber, Leather and Non-Methallic Products Employees (NUCFRLMPE), has called on President…
British Bosses Earn 400 Times More Than Minimum Wage
The heads of Britain’s top 100 listed companies earn on average almost 400 times more than a worker on the…
Minimum Wage: FG refutes NLC accusation
The Federal Government on Friday refuted the Nigeria Labour Congres’ (NLC) accusation of foot-dragging to constitute a tripartite committee which…
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South Africa introduces $260 monthly minimum wage
South Africa will introduce a national minimum wage of 3,500 rand (261 dollars) per month in 2018, Deputy President Cyril…