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Established by the government of Ghana under the FWSC ACT, 2007 (Act 737), the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission has the mandate of implementing the new Government Pay Policy (i.e. Single Spine Pay Policy) as regard salaries, wages, grading and classification of public service workers. [1] [2]
The Public Services Workers' Union (PSWU) is a trade union representing public sector workers in Ghana.. The union was founded on 22 June 1959, as the Government Clerical and Technical Employees' Union, with the merger of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation Union, the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service Union, the Meteorological Department Union and the Produce Inspection Workers' Union.
There are approximately thirteen nationally recognized public holidays in Ghana, a sub-Saharan country in Africa. The primary National holiday is Independence Day, which is on 6 March. It is a National Day and is set to honor the memory of Ghana's independence from the United Kingdom in 1957. [1] This is a list of public holidays in Ghana.
In 1966, the military overthrow of the CPP government was welcomed by many workers discontent with the TUC's loyalty to the government. [2] The new government's repeal of compulsory TUC membership for civil servants led the TUC to shrink from 700,000 to 300,000 members. The years between 1966 and 1969 saw a large number of unauthorized strikes.
General Engineering Construction Employees' Union: Merged into ACEWU: N/A: Ghana Broadcasting Employees' Union: 1959: Merged into PSWU: 507 Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board Employees' Union: 30 Ghana Government Electrical Workers' Union: 997 Ghana Government Transport Employees' Union: 840 Ghana Housing Employees' Union: 1956: Merged into CBMWU: 184
The Public Services Commission has its roots in 1947 during the British colonial period. It was set up upon the recommendation of the Haragin Committee for an impartial public services body to manage human resource administration and statecraft in British West African jurisdictions - Gold Coast, Nigeria, The Gambia and Sierra Leone. [2]
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Public holidays which happen on Saturday or Sunday are lost for the particular year – thus the average number of public holidays during working days in the years 2000 to 2016 was only 8.9 days. Employees of employers who are not part of the private sector or engaged in non-commercial activities are entitled to a vacation allowance of 5 weeks.