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ASSOCIATIONS REGISTERED UNDER CAMA CANNOT LEGALLY OPERATE AS TRADE UNIONS

Introduction An interesting decision emanating from the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Port Harcourt Division, re-establishes the limits and boundaries of associations that can be registered by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) under Part F of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (CAMA) which governs incorporated trustees. In Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria […]

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December 19, 2023
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Case Law

COURT RULES ON COMPANY’S LIABILITY FOR WORKPLACE VICTIMISATION OF WHISTLEBLOWER

Introduction Most companies have learnt to incorporate whistleblowing policy as part of their company policies. By this policy, a company may encourage its employees to report incidences of fraud, bribery, corruption and other unethical business practices to the company. This is to safeguard the company from the adverse effects of such practices. As part of […]

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November 25, 2022
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Case Law

[LOCUS CLASSICUS]: COURT RULES THAT IN SPECIAL CASES, AN EMPLOYER CAN PAY PENSION FUND DIRECTLY TO AN EMPLOYEE

Introduction It is rewarding for an employee to work through the years and have something to fall back on, in terms of pension – retirement funds. The law acknowledges this fact. Thus, necessary provisions are made as contained in the Pension Reform Act 2014 (“The Act”). The Act governs and regulates the administration of the […]

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March 27, 2021
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FOREIGN NAMES, BLUE-COLLAR WAGES – WHY DO LAW FIRMS PAY SO POORLY?

Whether the story is similar in other Third World countries is fairly debatable, but one incontrovertible fact is that labour dynamics in Nigeria constitute a very murky terrain. The rate of unemployment in the country has no regard for the laws of gravity, graduates are spewed out at all times of the year into a […]

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April 10, 2020
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Case Law

COURT OF APPEAL HOLDS THAT IT IS ABSURD TO PROMOTE AN EMPLOYEE WITHOUT SALARY INCREMENT

Promotion at workplace is one of the rewards of a diligent employee who meets the employer’s expectations. Typically, this promotion attracts salary raise and improved conditions of service as may be contained in some standard employment contracts. Thus, increment in salary accounts for the reason the promotion is a subject of celebration, especially by the […]

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February 13, 2020
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Case Law

Is the promotion of an employee a right or a privilege?

Nwoye v. FAAN [2019] 5 NWLR (Pt. 1665) 193 at 218, paras. B-C, per Kekere-Ekun, JSC: “Promotion from one level or position in an organization to another is not a right but a privilege, which is earned. An employer cannot be compelled to promote its employee no matter the good opinion the employee might have […]

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May 3, 2019
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Case Law

[UPDATE]: The pain and hardship of young lawyers in the hands of senior colleagues has been judicially noticed.

Ifeanyi Okeke Esq. v. Wale Ogunade Esq. Suit No. NICN/LA/432/2014, per Amadi J: “This case once again shows the pain, hardship and difficulty which some young lawyers undergo in the hand of some senior colleagues, who ordinarily should encourage them. I commend the tenacity and dexterity of the Claimant in pursuing justice in this matter […]

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February 14, 2019
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Case Law

Women and nursing mothers must not suffer discrimination at work place

Standard Chartered Bank v. Adegbite [2019] 1 NWLR (Pt. 1653) 348 at 373, paras. B-F, per Barka, JCA: “It has been argued for the Defendant that the Claimant did not adduce evidence of how other nursing women in the employment of the Defendant were treated differently from her or vice versa. It suffices that the […]

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February 8, 2019
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