Tag Archives: Labour

The Employment Act, Labour Unions Act, Labour Dispute Arbitration and Settlement) Act and Occupational Safety and Health Act are some of the laws impeding the work of the Industrial Court, according to the Acting Registrar of the court, Sylvia Nabaggala. Appearing before parliament, Nabaggala listed a plethora of complaints that …

Tokyo, Japan | AFP |  Workaholic Japan has unveiled its first-ever plan to limit overtime, but critics want to give it the boot, saying an “outrageous” 100-hour-a-month cap will do nothing to tackle karoshi, or death from overwork. Tokyo’s bid to ease a national health crisis comes after the top …

Government has lifted a ban on the externalization of labour to allow Ugandans seek jobs abroad especially in The Middle East. A year ago, government imposed a ban on the externalization of workers following reports of hostility meted out on Ugandans working abroad. The growing concern was that domestic workers …

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | AFP |  Seventeen years after first setting foot in Saudi Arabia, Dominic Steck shipped his two cats and returned to Germany with his wife and school-age children, who hardly know their homeland. As Saudi Arabia steps up efforts to employ more of its own people, and …

Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said it has introduced a new policy requiring all companies involved in labor exports to pay for transportation costs of those stranded or those being mistreated abroad. Head of the diaspora department at the ministry Patrick Muganda Guma said that the decision to have …

Tokyo, Japan | AFP |  A fifth of the Japanese workforce faces the risk of death from overwork, according to a new government survey into the country’s notoriously strenuous working culture. Hundreds of deaths related to overwork — from strokes, heart attacks and suicide — are reported every year in …

COMMENT: By Anna Adeke Ebaju Exporting labour could provide an economic lifeline for many families in a poor country, but they need protection Exporting labour is perhaps one of the most delicate undertakings any country can indulge in, especially if its policy makers appreciate it from the purview of a quick …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Sadiq Khan was sworn in as London mayor Saturday after being elected the first Muslim leader of a major Western capital, as the Conservatives defended attempts to link him to extremism during the campaign. The opposition Labour lawmaker, the son of a Pakistani bus …