For the African continent to surmount unemployment challenge, its education policy must prioritise offering skills that are relevant to the industrialisation needs of the continent, Director General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Guy Ryder has said.

As World Breastfeeding Week is observed, medical experts have urged mothers to breastfeed their babies, as breast milk provides infants with needed nutrients.

The International Labour Organisation (ILO), has adopted a new standard to combat violence and harassment in the workplace.      The Violence and Harassment Convention 2019 and Violence and Harassment Recommendation, 2019, were adopted by delegates on the final day of the Centenary International Labour Conference (ILC), in Geneva.      For the Convention, 439 votes were…

Experts on labour matters have said that sustainable social protection systems would become increasingly critical to provide support in a fast-changing world of work.     They stressed the importance not only of decent job creation policies, but also of social protection to help workers, and particularly the most vulnerable, manage those transitions. Participants at…

The Director General of International Labour Organisation (ILO), Guy Ryder has called on countries to ratify Occupational Safety and Health Conventions.   The ILO Chief said the convention is at the heart of the ILO from the outset. Addressing the strategic plenary session of the ‘All-Russia Occupational Safety and Health Week’ in the Russian town…

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has called for a deliberate action aimed at turning toxic flood of electric and electronic waste (e-waste) produced around the world into a valuable source of decent work. Representatives of governments, workers’ and employers’ organisations agreed at a meeting at the ILO in Geneva that governments should increase and promote…

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said the growing technological advancement poses a fresh threat to its quest of achieving industrial harmony worldwide. ILO Country Director for Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Dennis Zulu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Abuja that technology was fast replacing workers in most parts of…

Equal rights for women’ is perhaps one phrase that is most misunderstood in many parts of the world. The misunderstanding of this concept transcends peoples, race, religion, gender, creed or level of education.  ‘Equal rights, not equality with men’, is how this concept has constantly been explained to those who believed that the promoters of…

Who could believe that even after official abolition of slavery that slavery still exists even in this jet age? The International Labour Organisation declares that more than 40 million people are victims of modern slavery. To address this perennial problem, December 2nd has been set aside as International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. This…

It is often said that while there is an abundance of policies to tackle youth unemployment in Nigeria, the framework to make them produce the desired result is largely lacking. Labour experts believe that there is an urgent need to fashion out appropriate action plan that is aimed at galvanising various opportunities youth can explore…

Organised Labour has demanded an immediate end to all forms of employment that offend human dignity, deny workers access to living wage and social protection. They also urged the Federal Ministry of Labour to step up and renew its commitment to further enhance its monitoring duties, ensuring that every employer complies with the provisions of…

The commitment to reduce barriers to decent employment for the youth has gotten a major boost as McDonald has joined 43 partners who have pledged to reduce barriers to decent employment for youth while boosting access to decent work around the globe. McDonald’s Corporation is the latest company to make a commitment to address the…