The federation’s executive director Douglas Opio tells KFM that although allowing early access to savings is good, it does affect one’s social security at an older age.
Opio meanwhile says the bill is generally well intentioned since it seeks to expand social security coverage by making contributions mandatory for all the workers in the formal sector, something which is good for the economy.
He says its provision on equal representation of members on the board is also a plus for the workers, thus emphasizing the need to the president to urgently assent to the bill.
Covid-19 weighs on minds of top executives
Friday January 01 2021
Summary
In the New Year, some of the chief executive officers (CEOs) who talked to Daily Monitor, expect a meagre or mixed performance from the economy on account of contracted growth and subdued government spending.
With every nerve of the economy affected by the pandemic in one way or another, the war against the virus is not yet won. The deaths continue as well as infections.
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As Uganda welcomes the New Year today, economic conditions in the country like elsewhere in the world, remain bleak.
The pandemic has brought the economy to its knees due to a combination of global supply chain disruptions and sudden decline in demand. This is in contrast to the optimism that prevailed before the crisis.
PWDs demand employers see beyond their impairment
December 20, 2020 Written by NATHAN ATILUK Eric Wakoko, the disability inclusion facilitator for Light for the World (L) wants employers to see beyond their physical disability
Persons with disabilities (PWDs) want their workplaces to see them as persons first, and not as persons with an impairment.
With this, workplaces will then be able to enhance their full potential according to Eric Wakoko, the disability inclusion facilitator for Light for the World. Wakoko made the remarks while speaking last week at the Employment Summit held at Golden Tulip hotel.
The summit was organized by the Uganda Business and Disability Network (UBDN) together with Federatio
A photo from the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women, which took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in March 2019. The topic for this particular session was Making Social Protection, Public Services and Infrastructure Inclusive and Meaningful for Women and Girls in Africa
Do you know that a woman’s right to decide over her own body and her access to family planning methods and information are key determinants of whether she enters and stays in the labour market? And do you know that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing inequalities, revealing that women’s right to health, decent work, and equal participation in society are closely connected?