Tag: GCNET
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GCNET appeals against Labour Court ruling on redundancy pay
Management of the Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) has filed an application for an appeal against the recent Labour Court ruling that directed the company to pay redundancy compensation based on provisions in its Human Resource Policy Manual. According to them, the Labour Court inappropriately determined the matter which has been at the core…
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GCNet gives remaining workers redundancy letters
Ghana Community Network Services Limited has served notice of redundancy letters to the remaining staff working on the GeGov Project. They are to be laid-off by the end of April 2021, following the non-renewal of GCNet’s Service Agreement with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). The letter dated January 29, 2021, explained that management had to…
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Labour Commission directs GCNeT workers to call off strike
The National Labour Commission (NLC), has directed striking workers of Ghana Community Network Service Limited (GCNet), to call off their strike with immediate effect. According to the Commission, the strike by the workers is in violation of the Labour Act 2003. It will be recalled that the members of the Association began the strike on…
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GCNET challenges NLC order on compensation payment for redundant workers
The management of Ghana Community Network Service Limited (GCNet), has filed a motion at the Accra High Labour Court, challenging the enforcement of an arbitration award over the terms of a redundancy compensation payment to its workers. The company is seeking the intervention of the High Court to set aside the award which directed the…
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GCNet staff begins sit-down strike over non-payment of exit packages
The GCNet Staff Welfare Association has resolved to commence a series of industrial actions against GCNet Management from today, Thursday, September 24, 2020, until further notice. According to them, this is to press home their demands for the immediate payment of “redundancy packages to redundant staff in accordance with the Arbitration Award”. It will be…
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Ex-staff of GCNeT hint of industrial action over non-payment of exit packages
Ex-staff of the Ghana Community Network Services Limited, GCNeT, have warned of an industrial action if management fails to pay them their exit packages as ordered by the Arbitration Panel appointed by the National Labour Commission (NLC). Their call comes after a three-member Arbitration Panel appointed by the National Labour Commission under Labour Act 651…
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Fix UNIPASS challenges to enable us clear our cars – Automobile Dealers to Gov’t
The Automobile Dealers Union of Ghana (ADUG), has called for the immediate resolution of all technical issues surrounding the Ghana Revenue Authority’s new Integrated Customs Management System, ICUMS. The ICUMS, also known as UNIPASS, was rolled out on June 1, to take over the single window platform from GCNet and West Blue Consult at the…
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We have handed over all vital data to GRA – GCNet clarifies
Management of the Ghana Community Network Services Limited, GCNet, has refuted claims by the operators of the newly Integrated Customs Management Systems, (ICUMS), also known as UNIPASS, that it has failed to provide historical transactional data to the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), to aid its work. According to GCNet, it has…
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Manual system hasn’t returned to the ports with UNIPASS – GRA to IMANI
The Ghana Revenue Authority, GRA, has debunked claims by IMANI Africa that the country’s ports have been changed back to the pre-2002 manual systems as shipping lines, freight forwarders and clearing agents, are now being requested to provide photocopies of documents previously used to clear goods. According to them, “It is not the case that…
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UNIPASS implementation challenges to cause revenue losses – Minority warns gov’t
The Minority Caucus on the Trade and Industry Committee of Parliament, says the country risks losing revenue from the ports if government fails to resolve the challenges with the implementation of the UNIPASS system. It has been nearly a week since the new system replaced the single window work carried out by West Blue Consulting…