{"id":611933,"date":"2019-05-01T07:02:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T07:02:21","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\/05\/Austin-Gamey.jpg\" alt=\"Single Spine Salary Structure review"},"modified":"2019-05-01T07:02:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T07:02:21","slug":"single-spine-salary-structure-review-long-overdue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/01\/single-spine-salary-structure-review-long-overdue\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Spine Salary Structure review &#8216;long overdue&#8217;"},"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\/05\/Austin-Gamey.jpg\" alt=\"Single Spine Salary Structure review \u2018long overdue\u2019 \u2013 Austin Gamey\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mom-ads-wrap  \">\n<div class=\"mom-ads ads-layout-rotator ads-rotator-id-288\" 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>Labour Consultant, Austin Gamey has backed Organised Labour\u2019s call for a review of the Single Spine Salary Structure.<\/p>\n<p>The General Secretary of Industrial and Commercial Workers\u2019 Union (ICU), Solomon Kotei had made a strong case for the review, saying the re-engineering <strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">should provide non-discriminatory<\/span><\/strong> and fair employee compensation.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Gamey on<strong> Eyewitness News<\/strong> supported this call, saying in view of the change in technology, knowledge and skill, there is the need for an overhaul of job evaluation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think it is long overdue. I think in fairness, with huge change in technology, increase in knowledge and skill, obviously there will have to be a complete overhaul of the job evaluation that was done so that we can have proper response of what the salary structure should look like and how people should be rewarded in response with the Labour Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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><strong>Single spine salary structure to be reviewed \u2013 Nana Addo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the May Day Celebration in Kumasi in 2018, President Akufo-Addo said government will<span style=\"color: #666699;\">\u00a0<strong>review the single spine salary structure<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0comparative 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>But one year on, the review has not yet been done.<\/p>\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>Labour Consultant, Austin Gamey has backed Organised Labour\u2019s call for a review of the Single Spine Salary Structure. 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Mr. Gamey on Eyewitness News supported this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":611934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-611933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Single Spine Salary Structure review &#039;long overdue&#039; - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/01\/single-spine-salary-structure-review-long-overdue\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Single Spine Salary Structure review &#039;long overdue&#039; - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Labour Consultant, Austin Gamey has backed Organised Labour\u2019s call for a review of the Single Spine Salary Structure. 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