Delegates at an international seminar in Hanoi on October 4 suggested solutions to improve skills for Vietnamese workforce to restore and develop the domestic labour market.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had great impact on the labour market, with an increase in the unemployment rate, according to the Department of Employment of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).
Friday, 09:36, 05/03/2021
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) is collecting ideas on a draft proposal to the Government in which the National Wage Council suggests it not raise the region-based minimum wage in 2021 after considering the socio-economic circumstances.
The ministry explained that amid the impact of COVID-19, the raising of the minimum wage would affect employment, as businesses are still facing various concerns.
According to calculations by the National Wage Council, with the consumer price index (CPI) estimated to have risen 4 percent each year in 2019-2020, the minimum wage applied in 2020 was still higher than the minimum living conditions, by 1.51%. The council added that with a real CPI increase of 3.23% in 2020, the regional minimum wage was actually higher than the minimum living conditions, by 2.28%.
Olisa Metuh
Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, has said the party is the country’s option to rally forces for unity, stability and development, given the quality of its human resources at all levels.
Metuh stated this while playing host to members of the party’s National Working Committee who paid him a courtesy visit at his Abuja residence following his return from the United Kingdom where he had gone for medical treatment.
“At this point, the PDP remains the viable option to restore hope in the polity, revamp the faith Nigerians have in our nation and save her from collapse.