Tag: Ghana Employers’ Association
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Stimulus package won’t protect all jobs – Ghana Employers’ Assoc.
The Ghana Employers’ Association says even if government offers support to businesses; that will not guarantee jobs for all workers as layoffs could still happen based on individual company’s level of impact from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Employers’ Association wants government to support its members to pay salaries, improve their working capital and defer VAT…
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COVID-19: TUC, Employers Association call for stimulus support for big businesses
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Ghana Employers Association, have called on government to extend its stimulus support to cover big businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, the government has set aside a GHS600 million soft loan scheme with a two-year repayment plan for small and medium scale businesses. But speaking at a COVID-19…
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Closing gap between industry and academia critical for reducing unemployment- GEA
Ghana’s unemployment levels will continue to remain high if government does not take serious steps to close the existing gap between industry and academia. That’s according to the Ghana Employers’ Association. Information available shows that in 2018, unemployment rate in Ghana was at approximately 6.71 percent of the total labour force. The unemployment rate is…