{"id":611602,"date":"2019-04-30T07:39:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T07:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/Ignatius-Baffour-Awuah-Minister-for-Employment-and-Labour-R"},"modified":"2019-04-30T07:39:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T07:39:19","slug":"icu-calls-for-review-of-single-spine-salary-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/30\/icu-calls-for-review-of-single-spine-salary-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"ICU calls for review of Single Spine Salary Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/Ignatius-Baffour-Awuah-Minister-for-Employment-and-Labour-Relations.jpg\" alt=\"ICU calls for review of Single Spine Salary Structure\"\/><span class=\"featured-image-caption\"><br \/>\nIgnatius Baffour Awuah, Minister for Employment and Labour-Relations <\/span><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"mom-ads-wrap  \">\n<div class=\"mom-ads ads-layout-rotator ads-rotator-id-285\" style=\"width:728px; height:90px;\">\n<div class=\"mom-ads-inner\">\n<div class=\"mom-ad\" data-id=\"1236\" style=\"width:728px; height:90px; \">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"appear\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/Say-yes-to-ads-Banner-728-X-90.jpg\" alt=\"Right Below Featured Image\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After nearly a decade of its operation, organized labour is calling for a review of the Single Spine Salary Structure.<\/p>\n<p>According to the General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers\u2019 Union (ICU), Solomon Kotei the re-engineering should provide non-discriminatory and fair employee compensation.<\/p>\n<p>The Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) was introduced by the Government and implemented in 2010, to regulate the payment of public service workers especially those under article 190 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> on how the structure has outlived its purpose, Mr Kotei said they will make a case for its re-engineering at this year\u2019s tripartite meeting.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBefore the inception of the Single Spine Salary Structure, it was clear that the level of salaries that were being paid were extremely low and that compelled the government to review the salary structure. Now it has run for a while now, and the levels are not seeing the much needed increase, and many of them have run to the top of the scale. The re-engineering implies that we change the levels and the endpoint to endpoint of the salary structure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Sunyani Technical University Chapter of the Technical University Workers Association (TUWAG) has also called for a review of the pay structure to benefit low-income earners in the public service.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr Kofi Abrefa, the chapter Chairman, basic monthly salaries of junior staff at the university under the government pay policy remained insignificant hence the need for increment.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a send-off party for the association\u2019s retired members last week, Mr Abrefa called on the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to push the 10 percent annual increment of public worker wages to at least 15 percent to benefit low-income earners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Single spine salary structure to be reviewed \u2013 Nana Addo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the May Day Celebration in Kumasi in 2018, President Akufo-Addo said government will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #666699;\"><strong>review the single spine salary structure<\/strong><\/span> comparative to salary standards in the private sector, and international salary standards among other factors.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs we seek to establish a world-class labour force comparable to any in the world, we must address the concerns of workers in the public sector over their remuneration. An inter-ministerial committee is being established by the Ministries of Employment and Labour Relations and Finance, to undertake the review of the single spine pay policy and make recommendations for implementation by government,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ignatius Baffour Awuah, Minister for Employment and Labour-Relations After nearly a decade of its operation, organized labour is calling for a review of the Single Spine Salary Structure. 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