The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Sokoto State has pushed back strongly against a report published in The Punch, credited…
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has released Nigerian labour leader, Joe Ajaero, after detaining him for nearly 15 hours.…
The Nigerian government is increasingly responding to protests against corruption, human rights violations, and governance failures as subversion, treason and…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has clarified that it is not the organizer of the planned nationwide hunger protest scheduled…
Ajaero confirmed that ₦70,000 was the current agreed amount for the minimum wage. He also mentioned that part of the discussion included an agreement that the minimum wage would now be reviewed every three years, rather than waiting five years for a review. Ajaero stated that the Organised Labour would consult with their members on the ₦70,000 benchmark.
President Bola Tinubu will meet with the Organised Labour in Abuja on Thursday to further discussions on a new minimum…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to implement the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 190 (C190) on violence and harassment in the workplace.
“This notion is not only dictatorial but also undermines the very essence as well as the model adopted for creating a national wage in Nigeria,” the Union said in a Friday statement by its Head of Information and Public Affairs Benson Upah.
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has kicked against the call by some politicians for decentralised minimum wage negotiations.
“Therefore, it seems obvious from this definition that by making a law in Section 3(1) of the Minimum Wage Act that the minimum wage of N30,000 shall be paid monthly, the NASS may have acted unconstitutionally by legislating on a SALARY (monthly payment) when they only have power to legislate on WAGES, an hourly payment.