Shyntartanya // Shutterstock How to help remote employees create a healthy work-life balance Remote work offers real advantages. It can reduce commuting time, increase flexibility, improve focus, and give employees more control over how they organize their day. That flexibility can support: Better routines. More time with family. A work setup that feels more compatible…
More than one year after receiving official letters of appointment from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), dozens of newly employed staff members remain unable to assume their duties, despite completing documentation processes and repeatedly appealing to government officials for intervention. What began as a moment of celebration and hope for many of the affected…
US President Donald Trump’s move to introduce a $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa applications is large enough to make sending Indian software engineers to the US economically unviable for Indian tech companies. While the top five Indian IT firms derive roughly 55% of their revenue from the US, Infosys is estimated to have the…
By Paul Iyoghojie In a dramatic development, five employees of Godrej Nigeria Limited, alongside an alleged accomplice, have been remanded by a Lagos Magistrate’s Court for their purported role in a massive theft of company property valued at N184 million. The arrests, executed by operatives of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) at Alagbon Close,…
The FDA launched Elsa, a generative AI tool designed to help employees, including scientific reviewers and investigators, work more efficiently. In a statement, the agency said the tool “modernizes agency functions and leverages AI capabilities to serve the American people better.” Constructed in a high-security government cloud environment, Elsa provides a platform for FDA employees to…
A week after declaring that AI would eventually replace contract workers at the language-learning app, Duolingo’s CEO said the company was “continuing to hire” and would support its existing workers in getting up to speed on the technology. It follows buzzy startup Klarna in backing off an AI-first promise. Language-learning app Duolingo has become the…
Businesswoman reveals what she noticed while paying salary to two of her Muslim employees Editorial Team 4 March 2025 News A businesswoman has asked Muslims for clarification following an observation she made while paying salary to her employees. The woman explained that she noticed two of her female employees provided the same account details for…
President Donald Trump on Monday praised Elon Musk’s initiative requiring federal employees to submit weekly bullet points outlining their work, calling it ‘a lot of genius.’ He also reinforced the notion that non-compliance could lead to termination. However, just minutes after Trump’s remarks, a government email clarified that the directive sent to two million federal…
As Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and other major employers issue mandates to herd their remote workers back to the office, one Chicago-based company is opting for the carrot over the stick. Celebrity video messaging website Cameo is offering its Chicago-area employees a $10,000 raise to return from their scattered spare bedrooms and coffee shops to the company’s Fulton Market office full-time beginning…
Four employees of Canadian mining company Barrick Gold were reportedly arrested in Mali earlier this week. The arrests come amid rising tensions between Mali’s ruling junta and foreign mining companies. The detained employees were reportedly senior Malian staff of Barrick Gold, the world’s second-largest gold miner, which co-owns the Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex in western Mali….
