The management of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission has been warned to retract its decision withhold various allowances for personnel of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) or face their wrath.
The commission’s decision to stop paying various allowances to employees of the government-owned media organization has angered the workforce, who believe their toil is not sufficiently recognized and compensated.
Staff members are inquiring as to whether the elimination of the allowances is a requirement of the IMF in order to keep the pay bill in check.
Some GBC employees will lose around 33% of their present salary as a result of the new arrangements.
The Nationwide Payroll Monitoring Exercise has begun, according to the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), in collaboration with the Internal Audit Agency. This is in accordance with the FWSC Act, 2007 (Act 737), which gives the Commission the authority to plan, supervise, and oversee collective bargaining procedures in which the government serves as the direct or indirect employer as well as to design and monitor allowances and benefits.
The Commission further stated that during the payroll monitoring process, it was found that some GBC employees were receiving allowances to which they were not legally entitled.
Among the affected allowances are those for rent, housing, utilities, car maintenance, and transit.
But in a reaction, the Divisional Union Chairman of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Samuel Nat Kevor, warned that failure to reinstate their allowances will result in a series of industrial actions and other legal measures.
Source: Citinewsroom
