Tag: National Labour Commission
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FWSC flouts Labour Commission’s order to restore GBC staff allowances
The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) has refused to restore allowances of Staff of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation after the National Labour Commission ordered Fair Wages to do so. This was revealed by the Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation at a Public Accounts Committee today when the state broadcaster was invited to explain…
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Staff of Holiday Inn demand fair ruling from NCL over redundancy pay
Workers of Holiday Inn Hotel in Accra have given the National Labour Commission (NLC) a one-week ultimatum from the 28th of October up until 4th November 2020 to help resolve issues regarding their full redundancy packages. This follows the decision of the hotel’s Chief Executive Officer to lay off some staff members. According to the…
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Public Sector Pensions group suspends intended strike after agreement with gov’t
The Forum for Public Sector Registered Pensions Schemes, has called off its intended strike which was scheduled for Wednesday, October 28. The industrial action formed part of their demands for an increment in pension benefits for its members. The decision was reached after government and the Forum entered into terms of settlement at the National…
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Group to strike on Oct. 28 over meagre lumpsum benefits for retirees
The Forum for Public Sector Registered Pension Schemes, has intensified its advocacy for an appropriate retirement package for pensioners under the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). It has for the second time, scheduled a strike over demands of an increment in pension benefits for its members. According to the group, current retirees are…
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NLC secures injunction against intended strike by airport staff
The National Labour Commission has secured an interlocutory injunction to stop an intended strike by workers of the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL). The workers union of GACL accused the company’s Managing Director, Yaw Kawkaw of being incompetent and demanded his removal from office. Workers of GACL had served notice of laying down their tools…
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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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Ex- workers of Expresso demand 5 years salary arrears
Former staff of defunct telecommunication company, Expresso are demanding their unpaid salaries which have been in arrears for that past five years. The company earlier this year lost its licence to operate. But the workers insist the company owes them several months of salary, as well as defaulting in paying workers’ SSNIT contribution. The workers,…
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NLC to get new Commission by February 2018
Labour unions seeking redress at the National Labour Commission (NLC) may have to wait for at least the end of January 2018 to get their issues duly addressed. This is the indication from the NLC as it hopes that its new Commission would have been formed by then. Citi Business News has been speaking to…