The Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) received 64 applications for trade union recognition in the year ending 31 March 2008, according to its annual report.

Campaigners have celebrated the government's climbdown on its controversial changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP).

A draft Apprenticeship Bill has been published to encourage the number of employers offering apprenticeships in the workplace.

Rift Valley Railways, the private manager of the Kenya-Uganda railway, is set to embark on a new round of retrenchments, its management has said.

The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has locked horns with its workers, yet again, over the controversial new work schedule at the port of Mombasa just days after its implementation.

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) is considering sanctions against employers who make pension deductions from their workers' salaries but fail to remit same to Pension Fund Administrators.

The recent strike by the Rift Valley Railway (RVR) workers is now being felt at the Kenya Ports Authority.

As part of efforts to enhance workers' welfare and productivity, First Inland Bank in collaboration with Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN) has granted 44 PAN staff loans to enable them own brand new Peugeot 206 cars each at the cost of

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) yesterday threatened to sanction private sector employers who fail to remit pension contribution funds deducted from their employees to the commission, saying many employers have defaulted in this regard.

The Academy for Entrepreneurial Studies, Nigeria (AES), has expressed concerned over the current strike by public school teachers in the country.

As the industrial action embarked upon by teachers in the country's public primary and secondary schools entered the third week, Federal Government yesterday said it has set in motion a process of engagement with teachers working in the 102 Unity

Kano State government has expressed its readiness to pay whatever salary is recommended for the striking teachers, provided the Federal Government issues a circular giving a guideline on how to implement it.

Students of the Ibadan Polytechnic, especially those in the final year are now in a limbo, following the disagreement between their teachers and the state government over their retirement age and a new tax regime in the institution.

A driver was yesterday sentenced to four months imprisonment for breaching his employer's trust and also cheating him.

THE failure of faster growth to reduce SA's steep jobless rate is probably the main reason for popular discontent with the government's economic policies, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said yesterday.

Members of Parliament yesterday urged the government to recruit more teachers to fill the gaps in regions facing critical shortages.

Unite, Unison and the GMB are now the most commonly recognised trade unions in the UK, according to research by Personnel Today's sister publication Employment Review.

Boris Johnson has vowed to increase police productivity in time for the London Olympics.

Insurance firm Groupama has appointed ING bank HR chief Paul Cann as HR director.

Up to 600,000 council workers are staging a 48-hour strike from this morning as part of the long-running dispute over public sector pay.