Tag: employment minister
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SSNIT to stop investing in non-profit social ventures – Employment Minister
The Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour-Awuah has given assurances that Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is set to shift policy away from investing in non-profit social ventures to safeguard contributors’ funds. The Minister was responding to concerns of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) regarding an observation from the 2021 Auditor…
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ICU gets tough on enforcing daily minimum wage
The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) has bemoaned the lack of monitoring by the various labor unions in enforcing the implementation of the daily minimum wage. The National Tripartite Committee in July last year (2017) announced a ten percent increment in the daily minimum wage. The decision pushed the figure up from a previous…
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Minimum wage will be strictly enforced – Baffour Awuah
The Minister Designate for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah has resolved to commit to the implementation of the national daily minimum wage if approved by Parliament. According to him, emphasis will be placed on both the government and private sectors to ensure compliance with the daily minimum wage. Mr. Baffour Awuah’s assurances followed…