Yo-yoing in and out of lockdown has harmed health and livelihoods. In 2021, we need to do something different, says Susan Michie, a member of the Sage subcommittee advising on behavioural science
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Four labour experts have waded into the debate on the extension of the retirement age with divergent positions.
The experts are the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Employers Association, Mr Alex Frimpong, who welcomed the suggestion for the extension; labour consultants Mr Austin Gamey and Mr Senyo Adjabeng, who maintained that any such decision would be counterproductive, and the Director of the Labour Research Institute of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Dr Kwabena Nyarko Otoo, who sought to handle the issue with tact and diplomacy.
When he appeared before the Appointments Committee of Parliament (ACP) last Wednesday, the Minister designate for Employment and Labour Relations, Mr Ignatius Baffour Awuah, threw his weight behind any plan to extend the compulsory retirement age of public workers to ensure the sustainability of the national pension scheme.
Activist groups across the UK prepare for UN Anti-Racism Day of protests
PROTEST: Anti-racism demonstrations are expected to take place across the country on 20 March (Photo by ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty Images)
THE OFFICIAL UN Anti-Racism Day is expected to be marked by international protests on March 20.
The lead up to the demonstrations was marked by a “day of mobilisation” by Stand Up To Racism and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) on February 18. As a result of these efforts, #WorldAgainstRacism and #NoRacismNoFascism began trending on UK Politics Twitter.
Twelve trade unions, including the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) and a number of campaigning groups took part in the effort to raise awareness and support the worldwide protests.
The UK’s Supreme Court has ruled that Uber must classify its drivers as employees rather than self-employed contractors, dealing a huge financial blow to the ride-hailing app and potentially rewriting the rules on the gig economy.