Tuesday, March 3, 2020
A new wage offset scheme, alongside enhancements to an existing training grant, will be introduced to enhance the employment of persons with disabilities (PWDs), said Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad on Tuesday (Mar 3). First announced by...
Monday, December 9, 2019
The heavily criticised Universal Credit system will be shaken up in the new year, along with other changes to benefits. The Department for Work and Pensions' freeze on benefits will end in April 2020, as previously revealed, and according to The Mirror...
Friday, November 22, 2019
A new labour hire program for people with disability, called LabourIn, is launching at a high demand time of year, just before small to medium businesses start to hire more short-term labour in preparation for the demanding Christmas season.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Saudi Arabia’s Human Resources Development Fund (HADAF) supports the nationalization of professions in the private sector, where it announced it will pay part of the wages of Saudi men and women employed in the private sector after joining the Employment...
Sunday, July 2, 2017
The City of Cape Town has made available an extra R200 million for rates relief for "economically vulnerable residents", effective as of Saturday. The total value of social assistance packages which increased from R2.5 billion to R2.7bn have been...
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Allowance for people with disabilities to be nearly doubled as poverty among the disabled rises. Coalition chairman David Bitan announced Thursday at a joint press conference with a group of MKs from the coalition and the opposition that disability...