AFRICA

[Egypt] LE 150 billion package for annual state pension and minimum wage rise [Egypt] LE 150 billion package for annual state pension and minimum wage rise

The decisions come as part of state efforts to contain the largest portion possible of the global inflation wave and...
06 Mar 2023

[Kenya] Probe launched into sex abuse allegations at UK tea firms [Kenya] Probe launched into sex abuse allegations at UK tea firms

More than 70 women working in the plantations in Kenya’s Rift Valley revealed that they had been sexually abused by...
24 Feb 2023

[Sierra Leone] Landmark law to protect women’s rights [Sierra Leone] Landmark law to protect women’s rights

30 per cent of government and private sector jobs in the country will be reserved for women under the new...
24 Jan 2023

[South Africa] 5 payroll trends for 2023 and beyond [South Africa] 5 payroll trends for 2023 and beyond

SARS’ ambitious Vision 2024 envisages dispensing with filing season in favour of a more real-time approach to personal tax.
20 Jan 2023

[Nigeria] Massive payroll fraud discovered in Presidential Amnesty Programme [Nigeria] Massive payroll fraud discovered in Presidential Amnesty Programme

The programme’s stated objective is to mitigate youth restiveness and stabilise, consolidate and sustain security conditions in the Niger Delta...
28 Nov 2022

[South Africa] Thousands of public workers strike after pay talks deadlock [South Africa] Thousands of public workers strike after pay talks deadlock

The work stoppage - which threatens to affect essential services -.was led by one of South Africa's largest labour unions.
25 Nov 2022

[South Africa] Western Cape employers failing to comply with labour law [South Africa] Western Cape employers failing to comply with labour law

Employers were not registering employees with the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) when they commenced business.
21 Nov 2022