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Creating a safe and respectful workplace isn't optional. When a case of sexual harassment is reported in the workplace, employers have both a legal duty to act swiftly and fairly.

In this episode of "TEMPLARS Through the Line," our responsible business podcast, TEMPLARS Senior Associate Oyeyemi (Immanuel) Aderibigbe Aderibigbe and Women At Risk...

Stakeholders at the 2025 Disability Rights Advocacy Network Roundtable held recently in Lagos have called for a comprehensive overhaul of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD).

nternational Mobility has evolved over the years due to globalization, proliferation of new information technologies as well as the high demand for human talent everywhere in the world.

On 20th and 21st January 2025, the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, signed two significant executive orders aimed at reshaping workplace policies across federal agencies and potentially beyond.

In many parts of the world, sexual harassment is a cankerworm that continues to eat deep into the very fabric of the society.

The basis of labour law is the relationship between an employer and an employee, sometimes known as the master-servant relationship. This connection is based on the terms of the employment contract.

In February 2023, a disabled 40 year old African American job applicant named Derek Mobley, filed a discrimination lawsuit against Human Resources (HR) software vendor Workday, Inc. in the Northern District of California.

In the light of what appears to be a lack of appreciation for the rights of persons with disabilities within Nigeria, the imperative of having a special piece of legislation completely dedicated to...

Termination of employment in Nigeria is a sensitive legal issue. It is a general principle of law that whoever hires can fire. Consequently, an employer can be said to have the discretionary...

This is a summary of the legal rights you are entitled to as a Worker under the relevant employment laws of Nigeria.

It is not unknown that from time to time ‘life happens'. When it does, it could place a person in situations that can be quite life changing, sometimes in a very significant way.

Many companies, especially those serious about the welfare of their people, put policies in place to check toxicity in the workplace and create a level playing field for all classes of employees.

Solomon Jude lost a finger to an armed robbery attack in the course of attending to his duty out of station.

The questions for the court's determination were essentially twofold: (i) whether the defendants, as the claimant's employer, had the authority to demand that he undergo a medical test...

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria was for the first time, handed the opportunity to declare its strong stance against workplace sexual harassment in the case of Ejike Maduka V Microsoft & Ors.

Sexual Harassment has been unlawful for decades and most cases of sexual harassment at the workplace go unreported.