The Mozambican cabinet has given its approval to a bill proposing pay cuts for ministers, deputy ministers, state secretaries, and Members of Parliament (MPs) as the government grapples with an increasingly burdensome wage bill. The move aims to address concerns over disproportionate salaries received by provincial assemblies members, which deviate …
Read More »Basic essentials your minimum wage cannot afford in Ghana today
The National Tripartite Committee reviewed the minimum wage for workers in Ghana to GH¢14.88 starting from January 2023. The GH¢14.88 minimum wage shows a GH¢1.35 increase from the GH¢13.53 minimum wage in 2022. A minimum wage is a wage below which no worker in Ghana should be paid. A statement …
Read More »Ghana’s new minimum wage is GHC 14.88
The National Tripartite Committee (NTC) has increased the minimum wage to GH¢ 14.88. This follows the conclusion of negotiations on the determination of the 2023 National Daily Minimum Wage (NDMW) at its meeting held on Wednesday, 16th November, 2022 in Accra. The determination was based on Section 113 (1) (a) …
Read More »National Daily Minimum Wage for 2021 is GH¢12.53
The National Daily Minimum Wage (NDMW) for 2021 is GHC12.53, the National Tripartite Committee (NTC), announced on Thursday, June 03, 2021. The figure represents six per cent over the 2020 figure of GHC11.82. The Committee also fixed the 2022 NDMW at GH¢13.53, which is eight per cent over the …
Read More »Govt, labour, face off over public sector wages
After nearly two decades of a cosy relationship between the central leadership of organized labour and government, a deep dispute is brewing following the announcement of a plethora of new taxes in the 2021 budget proposals and a subsequent warning from the Ministry of Finance that the resultant erosion of …
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