Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. The policy is designed to cover all the public sector employees specified under article 190 of the 1992 constitution of the republic of ghana. The constitution of ghana as well as several other legislations such as the criminal offences act 1960 act 29, whistleblower act 2006 act 720 and the antimoney laundering act 2008 act 749 have provisions governing anticorruption in ghana. Take the mywage salary survey to contribute to wage transparency in ghana our salary check shows you what you could be earning at work. Bank of ghana releases guidelines to facilitate merger and. In 2011, as the start of oil production drove a surge in per capita income, ghana graduated from lowincome to lowermiddleincome status. Last year, the chairman of the economic advisory council under the millss administration, ishmael yamson, suggested that politicians should have been bold to refuse the implementation of the new pay policy due to the strain it has brought unto the ghanaian economy, saying, the impact and the cost of single spine alone is enough to destroy the. Mar 26, 2015 there are various laws aimed at curbing corruption in ghana. Ghanas single spine pay policy on youth unemployment. Jul 19, 2017 20170719 the basic salaries on the single spine salary structure have been increased by 11 percent across board, public services joint standing negotiating committee has announced.
Pdf estimating the fiscal costs of implementing ghanas. George graham, chief executive officer of the fwsc, therefore assured the leadership and members of all unions and associations of. The study explored the human resource issues in merger and acquisition using the case of ghana revenue authority gra. Single spine full text salary equal pay for equal work scribd. Due to the largeness of the public sector, cape coast polytechnic, one of ten polytechnics in ghana with staff strength of four hundred was used for the study. Abstract this study sought to examine the implementation of single spine pay policy in the ghanaian public sector organizations. Estimating the fiscal costs of implementing ghanas single. Single spine salary structure in ghana pdf pay policy and to assess the effects of the sspp on the ghanaian economy. Mar 21, 2018 ghanaians may return to the cash and carry system where persons have to pay before they access health care, center for democratic development, cdd ghana has predicted. It might interest you to know that staff under the ges are paid using the single spine salary structure sss.
This has the potential of ensuring those who really cannot afford get services. Financial sector reforms, competition and banking system. Single spine salary structure, labour unions, equity, inequity. Pdf implementation of single spine pay policy in public. The single spine salary structure ssss is one of the major components of the single spine pay policy sspp introduced by the government of ghana and. The policy in single spine pay structure in ghana was drafted and implemented purposely to correct the anomalies in the public sector pay reforms at the expense of the private sectors. Single spine salary structure ssss refers to having a distinct pay plan. With generally lower salaries in the public sector, the government of ghana initiated pay policy reforms in 2006 and established the fair wages and salaries. The implementation of the single spine salary structure ssss in.
Single spine salary structure levels for teachers yen. All about salaries and wages in ghana, minimum wage ghana. Questionnaires were used for primary data collection. The public service of ghana is a juggernaut which has to pay about 470,205 employees under a novel and encyclopaedic remuneration system known as the single spine. Single spine pay policy, ghana, organisational development, africa, public administration, civil service, applied psychology. Joseph attiah seniwoliba university for development studies, tamale, ghana abstract a better paid public sector could be more efficient in the delivery of important services of interest to the business community no matter the sector. The central bank says the directive is to protect the interest of financial institutions.
The spine is reproduced in full at annex b but the top and bottom are shown below for illustrative purposes. The findings of the research indicated that there is transparency in the single spine pay policy in ghana. Thus, the first comprehensive reform in ghana had little lasting effect. Ghana might return to cash and carry system for healthcare. The single spine pay proposal world bank documents. Single spine pay structure simply means having a single pay plan whereby employees in the same pay scale are paid equally. Wherever you are in the world, we are able to deploy local teams at short notice teams that combine our deep industry expertise with local knowledge to focus on your deal. It is very easy, lightweight, secure app to read, annotate, fill, merge, split and watermark your pdf files. Accra, june 19, gna the public services joint standing negotiating committee psjsnc would soon meet to negotiate the categories two and three allowances on the single spine salary structure ssss for implementation this year. Mar 03, 2010 the fair wages and salaries commission fwsc, said on tuesday that it was actively engaged in further negotiations with all stakeholders for a successful takeoff of the single spine pay policy sspp in july.
This note aims at developing a better understanding of the fiscal costs of implementing the single spine pay proposal in ghana by building a simple framework based on the data available and a few. The study collected data from executives of labour unions such as federation of university senior staff association of ghana fussag, teachers and. The small merger guidelines issued by the commission in 2009 provide that parties to a small merger are advised. The public service of ghana is a juggernaut which has to pay about 470,205 employees under a novel and encyclopaedic remuneration system known as the single spine salary structure ssss.
Daily news from ghana and local accra news stories including crime, health, education and general news by daily graphic. The single spine salary structure levels of pay is based on the spine pay policy that is based on a system of awarding workers based on different levels of pay depending on the workers level of qualification. Also, there has been consolidation of allowances especially category one. Sevenyear and tenyear fixed rate bonds will be intro.
The experience of guinness ghana breweries limited. Using case study approach, the study highlighted the perception of workers about the single spine salary. Specifically, the study sought to investigate how the human resource issues were being dealt with in the merging of irs, ceps and vat into gra. The second section discusses the single spine salary policy experiment implemented in ghana.
It was intended for implementation in all institutions in the public. Harvey university of ghana business school this study analyzes the impact of mergers and acquisition on performance of the acquiring firm using a ttest to test the difference between the average pre and postacquisition performance indicators. The ghana universal salary structure guss, the predecessor of the. Paa kwesi nduom has given the assurance that by the end of september, the comprehensive salary structure which is based on a single spine. However, that health sector staff are excluded from the new single pay spine pending comprehensive job evaluation across the entire public service. Analysis and recommendations from organizational development perspective article pdf available january 2015 with 1,638 reads.
Merger and acquisition in ghana revenue authority, human. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Jul 10, 2018 the bank of ghana has come out with guidelines to facilitate merger and acquisition processes by banks. Addressing organised labour at this years may day celebration at the baba yara sports stadium. According to the group, if public health services are not adequately funded, the cash and carry system will definitely return. In this article, we will be showing the ghana education service ges salary structure. Debt management outlook in line with the rising public debt levels, there are plans to rationalise the domestic debt auction calendar and build higher benchmark bonds. Analysis of performance pre and post consolidation of thirteen mega banks in order to consider if there had been improvements. The challenge this note addresses is developing a better understanding of the fiscal costs of implementing the single spine pay reform in ghana, spelling out the main assumptions used for estimating these costs and walking the reader through the steps needed in the framework used for this. The single spine salary structure ssss is one of the major components of the single spine pay policy sspp introduced by the government of ghana and got implemented in 2010, to regulate the payment of public service workers especially those under article 190 of the 1992 constitution of ghana. The implementation of the single spine salary structure ssss.
An overview of financial reforms and banking competitionstability nexus the policy debate on the market structure of the banking industry has over the years focused on the economic efficiency, bank profitability and growth effects of the intermediation role of banks in the economy. Single spine pay policy with the guss only have a marginally effect on the issues with public pay structures, in 2006, the government decided to adopt a new structure, the single spine pay policy. Ensure fair and equitable wages and salaries for employees in all sectors of the economy. Policy research working paper 6750 economic growth in ghana determinants and prospect anna k. Government implemented the single spine pay policy sspp. Base pay on single spine salary structure increased by 11 percent. The result of dr nduoms labour was the single spine pay policy sspp, the. Nov 16, 2014 the spine is constructed by fixing the starting salary of the bottom pay point of. Allowances of publicsector workers to be standardised graphic online. The wages being received by the workers continued to decline and they opted to forgo work in ghana and travel abroad for work. Single spine pay policy structure pls, what is the salary for a degree holder in the public sector according to the single spine asked jul 31, 2014 in general information chief bulla. Over the past seven years, the government of ghana has adopted the ghana poverty. Finance minister seth terkper a highly placed source within the corridors of power has disclosed to the independent that government would soon abolish the single spine salary structure ssss due.
Infrastructural development for accelerated growth and. Ghana education service ges salary structure gh students. An analysis of the social construction of ghana police service and the implementation of the single spine pay policy. They have been a lot of queries with regards to the ges salary structure and pay scale. The politicoeconomic challenges of ghanas national health. Umoren and olokoyo 2007 studied merger and acquisition in nigeria. Potag polytechnic teachers association of ghana psjsnc public service joint standing negotiation committee pvti private vocational training institutes sspp single spine pay policy ssss single spine salary structure tbp time bound programme utag university teachers association of ghana. It is anticipated that the single spine pay policy will be able to restore equity and transparency in ghana s public service remuneration structure government of ghana, 2009. The gogs decision to use the single pay spine considers the history of public sector pay in ghana, the ability to ensure that all institutions were placed on it and to effectively implement it along with the following advantages and. The new public sector pay policy came into effect from 1st july, 2010 as a unified salary structure that places all public sector employees on one vertical structure with incremental pay points from the lowest to the highest level. Stakeholders discuss single spine salary ghana business news. Sector reforms constructed a pay policy to correct existing disparities within the public sector.
In july 2010, the ghana government implemented a single spine salary structure for all police officials unilaterally doubling their incomes in an effort to improve officials living standards and curb highway bribery by said officials. Ministry of employment and labour relations ministry of finance. The choice of the polytechnic was influenced by the fact that polytechnic staffs in ghana have always viewed public sector pay policies replaced by the single spine pay policy as unfair. Pdf editor kit, a complete pdf editor, merger and annotator. These processes ensure that the policy framework is effectively linked to the budget and implemented by mdas and mmdas, in accordance with sections 1, 10 and 11 of the national development planning system act 1994, act 480. Spine pay policy sspp introduced by the government of ghana and got. Notably, ghanas minister of trade and industry, alan kyeremanten, provided a written statement, noting that the countrys government was formulating its approach to competition policy with an eye toward enacting a law that would go beyond the relatively ineffectual protection against unfair competition act, dating back to 2000 act 589. The implementation of the single spine salary structure. The costs of implementing the ghana single pay spine are likely to be very significant. Essay about single spine pay structure in ghana 1252 words. Government white paper on the single spine pay policy 3. The single spine salary structure ssss is one of the major components of the single.
One major kind of allowances has been merged into the salary scheme. An act to establish the fair wages and salaries commission and to provide for related purposes. The study appraised the single spine pay policy in ghana using university for development studies as the area of study. Section 3 outlines the modeling procedure used to calculate the fiscal costs of implementing the single spine pay reform. There are significant future refinements of the single pay spine arrangements which will likely be necessary and some very urgent steps will need to be taken in the light of the. A comprehensive 22level ghana universal salary structure guss was introduced in 1999. International journal of social sciences and entrepreneurship, 1 9, 315321. Raggl the world bank africa region poverty reduction and economic management department. The fair wages and salaries commission fwsc, said on tuesday that it was actively engaged in further negotiations with all stakeholders for a successful takeoff of the single spine pay policy sspp in july. The fair wages and salaries commission fwsc was established under the fwsc act, 2007 act 737.
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