Nigerian Times

The Friends Africa and Access Bank Plc organized a workshop on Workplace Policy Development on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria for empowering companies to strengthen and develop workplace policies for the general health and welfare of workers. The workshop held on Friday December 2, 2011, at the Multi-Purpose Hall of the University of Lagos. The SMEs Workplace Policies Development program is an initiative of the Friends of the Global Fund Africa, delivered in partnership with Access Bank Plc. The program which was introduced in 2010 seeks to engage, train and assist African Small and Medium Enterprises in the development and implementation of Workplace Policies for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The program held its first successful series of workshop across Nigeria in the first quarter of 2010 reaching a target of over 250 SMEs spread across the North, East and South of Nigeria. The Workshops took place in Lagos (South), Enugu (East) and Minna (North). In 2011, the program is targeted ...

3 Nov 2011 11:04 Africa/Lagos Big Banks at Risk on "Bank Transfer Day" New data from The Harris Poll shows that Big Banks could learn from credit unions on delivering an exceptional customer experience PR Newswire NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2011 NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Banks may be vulnerable to losing customers to credit unions on November 5th, Bank Transfer Day, where according to social media, tens of thousands have signed up to drop Big Banks in favor of joining a credit union. While credit unions enjoy best in class customer retention rates (87% Extremely/Very Likely to Continue), the nation's largest banks fail to engender the same degrees of loyalty from their customers. For example, only two in five of Bank of America's customers are extremely or very likely to continue (40%), as are less than half of JP Morgan Chase's customers (46%) and just over half of Wells Fargo/Wachovia's customers (54%). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/201005...

29 Sep 2011 05:00 Africa/Lagos Google is the World's Most Attractive Employer STOCKHOLM, September 29, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- Based on the preferences of over 160,000 career seekers, with a business or engineering background from the world's 12 largest economies, Universum releases the global talent attraction index: "The World's Most Attractive Employers 2011 [http://www.universumglobal.com/Top50 ]". The index, split in the business category - preferences from business career seekers - and engineering category - preferences from engineering career seekers - reveals the current level of attractiveness companies have as employers - and their potential to lead the world of tomorrow. On the Business index, Google repeats the win for the third consecutive year, with KPMG keeping its second place and with PwC overtaking Ernst & Young to secure a podium finish. "The talent market for business career seekers is being dominated by the professional services firms, k...

25 May 2011 11:00 Africa/Lagos One-in-Four Workers Can't Afford to Take a Vacation, CareerBuilder Survey Finds --30 Percent Work While on Vacation-- PR Newswire CHICAGO, May 25, 2011 CHICAGO, May 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As we approach the official kick-off to summer getaways with Memorial Day weekend, a recent study from CareerBuilder shows financial constraints and demanding work schedules have some workers foregoing vacation plans this year. Twenty-four percent of full-time workers reported they can't afford to take a vacation in 2011, up from 21 percent last year. Another 12 percent reported they can afford a vacation, but don't have plans to take one this year. More than 5,600 workers participated in the nationwide study, which was conducted from February 21 to March 10, 2011. INFOGRAPHIC: http://bit.ly/k0hS3X. While the majority of workers are planning some time away from work, three-in-ten plan to take the office with them on vacation. Thirty percent reported t...