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The Labour Act of 2004 set the standard for the minimum amount of naira a worker in Nigeria is supposed to make. In 2004 the minimum wage was set to ₦5,500.00 per month. In 2011, the National Minimum Wage Act of 2011 set the minimum wage to ₦18,000.00 per month. The Labour Act of 2004 also has an exception that states that any establishment ...
Later a Ministry of Labour was created in addition to the Department of Labour, and the two were merged on 1 April 1958. After Independence in 1960, the Ministry has grown steadily, renamed the Federal Ministry of Employment Labour and Productivity in 1979 and the Ministry of Labour in January 2007. [5]
NAPTIP was established under a federal bill on July 14, 2003 [7] by the Trafficking in Persons(Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act (2003) [8] through the advocacy of Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF). [9]
ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria's main labour unions on Friday said they had declared an indefinite strike from Monday after failing to agree a new minimum wage with the government. The Nigerian Labour ...
In 1996, the 42 affiliates of the NLC were merged into 29, by Act of Parliament. [2] Under Nigeria's military governments, labour leaders were frequently arrested and union meetings disrupted. Following democratic reforms in the country, some of the anti-union regulations were abolished in January 1999.
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria also known as NICN is a court empowered to adjudicate trade disputes, [1] labour practices, matters related to the Factories Act, Trade Disputes Act, Trade Unions Act, Workmen’s Compensations Act and appeals from the Industrial Arbitration Panel and all other employment matters in Nigeria. [2]
The Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015 is a 23 page document published by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The act is divided into 12 parts (Part I - XII). They include: [2] Part I-this part defines the objectives of the act as re-enacted in 2015. It identified three main objectives.
The union was a founding affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). By 1995, it had about 20,000 members. [ 2 ] In 2016, the union left the NLC to become a founding constituent of the United Labour Congress (ULC).