Category: HR
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WHAT ARE THE FUTURE WORK THAT WILL BE HIGH-PRICED AND BE IN DEMAND IN THE NEXT DECADE?
The next ten years are pregnant with opportunities only for those who are ready to make the necessary adjustments, effect transition, and embrace technology and digital innovation in delivering excellent customer services and enterprise’s requirements for manpower and competitive advantage. It is noted that new ways of delivering services are springing up using science and […]
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FUTURE WORK
There is an expected paradigm shift away from the traditional ways of doing business and work in general. This shift will largely be driven by science and technology, alternative energy sources, concerns for the sustainability of the environment, and the new normal brought about by COVID-19. It is also expected that organizations will have no […]
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THE FUTURE OF WORK AND FUTURE WORK:
UNDERSTANDING CAREERS THAT WILL BE IN HIGH DEMAND IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS Today we live in a fast-paced, high-speed, scientific, and technology propelled world; a world whose future will be shaped by cloud technology, Artificial Intelligence, future 5G starting from 2021 with a promise of a single-digit millisecond latency. It is interesting to note, […]
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5 Tips On Hiring The Best Team For Your Product In Nigeria
Contributed by Olajide Alphonso Hiring the best team for your product is the easiest way to make that product a success. This is the reason many start-ups and existing businesses struggle to create the right environment to attract the best talent and to retain them too, Most times, we make the mistake of thinking that money […]
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WHAT IS THE ROLE OF HR WITH RESPECT TO HIV AND EMPLOYMENT?
The human resource department has an enormous task of putting in place policy guidelines concerning the organization’s anti- HIV and AIDS compliance measures. HR must also ensure that occupational health issues are properly highlighted. HR should work in conjunction with retainers’ healthcare providers to ensure compliance especially when it comes to disclosure and other related […]
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WHAT LEVEL OF RISK IS ASSOCIATED WITH A VICTIM OF HIV OR AIDS?
Chapter IV of the Nigerian Constitution prescribes some inalienable fundamental rights for citizens. Some of the rights that have implications on employment include the right to personal liberty, the right to private and family life and the right to freedom from discrimination. However, with specific reference to discrimination against people living with HIV and AIDS, […]
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UNDERSTANDING THE EMPLOYMENT RIGHT OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS IN NIGERIA
One of the followers of this blog page had asked that I address the right of people living with HIV/AIDS in the workplace. His specific question was that “If an employee is diagnosed to be HIV positive, should his or her employment be determined on the basis of risk to other employees, the psychological effects […]
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WORKPLACE DISTRACTION: EFFECTS, CAUSES, AND SOLUTION
Different tasks and job functions demand a varying degree of concentration and attention, to achieve organizational goals and individuals’ performance objectives, employees must be properly focused and avoid unnecessary distraction that could take their focus off the pie. Distraction, as we know, is a thief of time and a negative consequence of workers’ inability to […]
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DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (PROHIBITION) ACT, 2018: THE IMPLICATIONS FOR BUSINESSES AND HR PRACTICES IN NIGERIA
It is no longer news that President Muhammad Buhari signed into law on January 23, 2019 the “Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018” which forbids all forms of discrimination (Access to company’s facilities, transportation and employment etc) against persons living with disabilities and imposes a fine of N 100,000 or a term of […]
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YOUR RIGHTS TO DEMAND FOR A MINIMUM WAGE
Workers rights to receive and be paid a national minimum wage have legal backing; it is a prescription of national laws. The instrument that established minimum wage made it clear that it is an offence for employers who fail to pay the minimum wage to employees except if the employer or employee fails within the […]
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UNDERSTANDING YOUR RIGHT TO A MINIMUM WAGE
The fight against economic slavery, income inequality and the need to lift a good percentage of workers out of the poverty line had been in the forefront of the organized labour struggle and leading organizations such as the League of Nation which last organized the International Convention against slavery in 1926 and later supported by […]
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HOW TO MAINTAIN A WORK-LIFE BALANCE
Work and life are complementary in nature, work creates values and values are paid for, the reward for one’s labour create financial stability, sense of independence and enables you to live a good life. Having said this, the relationship between work and life should not be at the expense of personal wellbeing, hence, the line […]
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WORK AND LIFE: CREATING A BALANCE
Organizational wellbeing is the totality of the organization’s health and the wellness of its workforce in relation to their individual well-being, performances, and psychosocial environment. Without a safe and healthy workforce, we cannot have a progressive and prospering organization. Therefore, maintaining equilibrium between work and life is a necessary condition for a productive workforce and […]
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THE EFFECTS OF AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT
A human being is configured to work, eke out a living and live in relative term a good life. Man as a member of society could not meet all that he or she needs hence the reliance on the exchange system in which labour is exchanged for pay to facilitate commerce and economic relationship. Today’s […]
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WHAT ARE THE REMEDIES FOR AGE AND EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION IN NIGERIA?
It should be noted that since there are no express provisions in the Labour Act on age discrimination in employment, it also implies that challenging employers’ preference for a particular age other that underage labour will remain a nullity and unjusticiable. However, the law can be tested but the employers are at liberty to decide […]
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NIGERIAN LABOUR ACT AND AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT
Unfortunately, there is no concise and well-articulated provision in the Nigerian Labour Act that seek to criminalized age discrimination as it is in countries such as the United States, Great Britain or in the European Union. However, section 42 of Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (2011) as amended provides for general protection against […]
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AGE: EMPLOYMENT, DISCRIMINATION, AND THE NIGERIAN LABOUR ACT
Could the age of an applicant in a recruitment exercise serve as a basis for disqualification or employment? What is the position of the Nigerian Labour Act and employment Laws on age discrimination? If you are discriminated against on the basis of your age for employment or promotion are there legal remedies for you? Should […]
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WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF CAREER PLATEAU ON ORGANIZATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY?
Labour as a factor of production has cost implications in the organization production system. The worth of labour is better measured in terms of the quality, efficiency, and timeliness of his or her output when compared to input such as investment in training, motivation, compensation, and other remunerations. The ability of the organization to constantly […]
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EMPLOYEE-SELF-MANAGED STRATEGIES IN CURBING CAREER PLATEAU
Essentially, an employee’s lack of productivity or engagement will affect the organization, however, the worst victim of career plateau, in the long run, is the employee whose career has stalled and his or her continuous engagement is seen as a mere marking of time and basically that of economic survival. In as much as the […]