Tag: Austin Gamey
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Payment of neutrality allowance will trigger inflationary pressures – Labour Consultant
A Labour Consultant, Austin Gamey is warning of increased inflationary pressures if the calls for a neutrality allowance by the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) are heeded by the government. Currently, the national inflation rate is close to 20%. CLOGSAG laid down their tools on Thursday, April 21, 2022, following the…
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No need to extend retirement age to 65 – Labour Analyst to SSNIT
Labour Analyst, Austin Gamey, has advised against the possible increment of the retirement age from 60 to 65 years. The Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang, earlier this week, announced at a press briefing in Accra, that his outfit is seeking further discussions with government and labour unions…
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Austin Gamey calls for strategic investment of SSNIT funds for better yields
A labour consultant, Austin Gamey has called for better investment of funds contributed to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), in order to ensure better yields and better payouts to Ghanaian workers. The comment follows an announcement by SSNIT that monthly pensions for 2021 have been adjusted upwards by 10 percent. According to…
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Austin Gamey’s claims on ‘Accumulated Leave’ flawed – Labour Law Practitioner
A former head of Legal and Administration at the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Paapa Kwasi Danquah, says the claim by Labour Consultant Austin Gamey, to the effect that one automatically forfeits their leave when they do not utilize it under a given year is flawed per the labour laws. According to Mr. Gamey, per Section…
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Re: Leave is lost when you don’t take it; nothing like accumulated Leave exists – Austin Gamey
I read your news item with the above lead written by Jessica Ayorkor Aryee and thought I needed to correct the impression left on the reader by Mr. Austin Gamey – a respected Labour consultant in Ghana – that an employee’s Leave will be forfeited or lost if not taken within the calendar year and…