Tag: Nigeria Law
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WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE FACE OF THE NIGERIAN LAW
Nigerian Law and Sexual Harassment It is, however, disappointing to say that the Nigerian Labour Act is silent on this pervasive issue of global dimension as the responsibility for such description of or classification as to whether workplace sexual harassment is an offence is left to the organization to decide. Also, it has been observed…
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OUTSOURCING NOT CASUALIZATION A GLOBAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICE ITS LEGALITY AND THE NIGERIAN LAW
One of the grossly misunderstood human resource and management concepts and processes is outsourcing, more so, is the wrongful classification of outsourcing a global management practice alongside casualization or “contractualization”. Opinions on the appropriateness or otherwise of outsourcing as an acceptable global practice differ depending on the leaning and ideological camps of the writers. To…
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ANNUAL LEAVE VACATION AND THE NIGERIAN LABOUR ACT: ADMINISTRATION, ENTITLEMENT AND PAYMENT.
In recent times, I have had to attend to enquiries from employees, Human Resource Managers and individual business owners on issues that bother on Annual Leave Vacations, the position of the Nigerian Labour Law a on its legality, approved days of vacation, mode of payment, procedures and its relationship to sick and maternity leave entitlement.…
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BETTING AND GAMBLING AT WORKPLACE: EMPLOYMENT REGULATIONS AND THE NIGERIAN LAWS.
The prevalence of betting centers and the acceptance of lottery by a larger percentage of the Nigerian population has thrown up a peculiar challenge for business owners, human resource management team, and professionals in the country. I did not pay serious attention to this until a colleague informed me of the fact that over 75…
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OVERTIME WORK: THE BASIS, THE NIGERIAN LABOUR LAW, COMPUTATION, AND MODE OF PAYMENT.
Legislative actions, practices, customs, Treaties, and Conventions have standardized working hours as eight (8) hours per day and five (5) days per week. The Treaty of Versailles of June 28, 1919, which officially established the International Labour Office, now known as The International Labour Organization (ILO), puts a peg of finality on work hours and…