On Thursday 18 April, Nigeria’s signed into law the Minimum Wage Repeal and Enactment Act 2019. The Act will raise the country’s monthly minimum wage from 18,000 naira to 30,000 ($98). It takes immediate effects in both the public sectors (i.e. industries under direct government control) and private sectors (i.e.
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Ethiopia’s Garment Factory Workers: the Worst Paid in the World
Workers in Ethiopia’s clothes factories earn $26 a month, the worst paid in the world. That is according to a recent report by New York University Stern Centre for Business and Human Rights. The report is based on the Hawassa Industrial Park, Ethiopia’s flagship industrial park supported by the government.