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A sign at a Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Midtown Anchorage, seen on Wednesday, advertises for workers and cites a starting wage of $15 an hour. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) Alaska’s minimum wage workers will get a tiny bump in pay starting on Jan. 1 before a larger increase becomes effective six months later. The […]
Governor Umo Eno has said that civil servants in the oil-rich Akwa Ibom State will not enjoy the new minimum wage until staff verifications are completed. Mr Eno approved N80,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the state weeks ago—N10,000 higher than the national minimum wage—following a similar move by his Lagos and […]
Agbu Kefas The Taraba State government has officially approved a new minimum wage of N70,000 for its workforce, effective November 2024. This decision comes in response to the December 1 strike notice issued by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to States that have yet to implement the updated national minimum wage. According to Paul Maigida […]
The chairman of the Benue State chapter of the Trade Union Congress, Gideon Akaa, has said the union is still dialoguing with the government over the new minimum wage. Akaa disclosed this on Friday following a spate of rumours that the state government has agreed to pay N40,000 as the new national minimum wage to […]