Single spine salary structure in ghana according to ankomah 2009, having employees with the required qualification, skills and abilities to perform their job well is only part of the equation and will not automatically result in improved job performance. Challenges of single spine salary structure in ghana. The gogs decision to use the single pay spine considers the history of public sector pay in ghana, the ability to ensure that all institutions were placed on it and to effectively implement it along with the following advantages and disadvantages. However, there is paucity of epidemiological information available in ghana to support intervention activities. Salaries all civil servants are placed on a consolidated salary structure known as the single spine salary structure which ranges from levels 1 to 25. Thus, they alternated between taxing and subsidizing the 2. In 2009 the government restated its commitment to removing subsidies which saw the prices of the subsidized cylinders rise. Joseph attiah seniwoliba university for development studies, tamale, ghana abstract a better paid public sector could be more efficient in the delivery of important services of interest to the business community no matter the sector. This has affected the supervision system, whereby one technical person down the line may supervise several technical areas of service delivery.
Finance minister seth terkper a highly placed source within the corridors of power has disclosed to the independent that government would soon abolish the. Sspp represented a change from guss to the new single spine salary structure sss while changes that involve a break with the past as well as doing. Financial system stability assessment update this update to the financial system stability assessment on ghana was prepared by a staff team of the international monetary fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. After the implementation of the single spine salary structure, the salaries were raised and based on the ranks in ghana education service pdf, the teachers below or equal to the level of a principal superintendent in ges earned between 500 800 gh.
The single spine pay policy is a new comprehensive pay reform program introduced to replace the ghana universal salary structure guss. Republic of ghana medium term expenditure framework mtef for 2018 2021 programme based budget estimates ministry of employment and labour relations melr. Data on ghana introduction in addition to the data below, the links at the bottom of this page will provide you with more information. Ghana poverty reduction strategy paper prsp and joint assessment english abstract. Evidence from public sector wage reforms in ghana james antwi. Single spine salary structure levels for teachers yen. The single spine salary structure ssss is one of the major components of the single. Fair wages and salaries commission melr ministry of. I take this opportunity to welcome you to the ministry of public service. Ghana education service ges salary structure gh students. Speaking at the may day celebration in kumasi on tuesday, president akufoaddo. Estimating the fiscal costs of implementing ghanas single pay spine reform. Republic of ghana in africa, ghana ranks 24th by size out of 54 countries, 14th by population and th by population density. Abstract ghana has committed politically, legislatively, and fiscally to providing universal health insurance coverage for its population with the.
The single pay spine has and can accommodate salaries from grading structures of different sizes and shapes. The gogs decision to use the single pay spine considers the history. Spine pay policy sspp introduced by the government of ghana and got. In this article, we will be showing the ghana education service ges salary structure. Preamble this years health summit was held at the executive conference room of the ghana institute of management and public administration from the 12th to the 16th may, 2014. Planning and managing the development of kumasi accra. The ghana public service as defined by article 1901, chapter. Ghanas single spine pay policy sspp was introduced as an attempt. Ensure fair, transparent and systematic implementation of the government public service pay policy.
Governments restructuring pay policy and job satisfaction. Ensure fair and equitable wages and salaries for employees in all sectors of the economy ensure the provision of employable skills and apprenticeship particularly to the. The single spine pay proposal world bank documents. We conducted a study among public servants to estimate overweightobesity, hypertension and diabetes prevalence and. Post single spine salary structure technical committee. Estimating the fiscal costs of implementing ghanas single pay spine reform carlos cavalcanti the world bank. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. The single spine salary structure ssss in ghana civil service salary reform in ghana, though desired by many, has had a long and tortuous history of fits and starts with little actual reform taking place until recently.
The ghana poverty reduction strategy paper prsp outlines the five pillars macroeconomic stability, production and employment, human resource development, special programs for the vulnerable and excluded, and, governance on which the government bases. Economic, financial and technical series on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. The high unemployment rate 11 % and the implementation of the single spine salary structure ssss for the public sector in 2010 are also contributing factors to the retention of teachers. Globally, overweight and obesity are becoming a mounting concern, impacting negatively on the health of populations especially in lowincome settings.
The single spine salary structure ssss is one of the major components of the single spine pay policy sspp introduced by the government of ghana and. Tanyigbe senior high school tashs receives 40 rlg laptops among 93 senior high, technical and vocational schools in the volta region. Abstract the single spine salary structure is one of the major components of the single spine pay policy introduced by the government of ghana and implemented in 2010, to regulate the payment of public service workers especially those under article 190 of the 1992 constitution of ghana. It might interest you to know that staff under the ges are paid using the single spine salary structure sss. Th is process culminated in the design of the single spine pay policy whose implementation commenced in. In the specific instance of the single spine salary implementation processes, unpaid allowances and what i believe is the impatience of some public sector unions to be migrated onto the single spine pay structure constitutes a majority of the issues leading to the threats of and actual strike actions. In the specific instance of the single spine salary implementation processes, unpaid allowances and what i believe is the impatience of some public sector unions to be migrated onto the single spine pay structure constitutes a majority of the issues leading to the threats of. Paa kwesi nduom has given the assurance that by the end of september, the comprehensive salary structure which is based on a singlespine. For example, if a position is a level 19 step 1 in the civil service and a level 10 step 5 in ceps, and they make the same annual salary of.
Estimating the fiscal costs of implementing ghanas single. Water house coopers salary structure and the ghana universal salary. Given ghanas context as a major source of skilled health professional migrants and high correlation of our attrition measure with aggregate migration, we interpret these results as evidence that wage increases in ghana improve retention mainly through reducing international. The single spine salary structure of ghana seems to be going through a lot of serious. Ama provides canopies for displaced old fadama squatters. Ensure fair and equitable wages and salaries for employees in all sectors of the.
Services and works for a period of 18 months for the ministry of public service 1 file s 72 downloads. Senegal also maintained a tax exemption for kerosene. Mr albert aseiduofei, president of the association of health service administrators says the anomaly in placing subordinate health service administrators higher than their superiors on the single spine salary structure ssss is affecting morale. Ghana has long been a major source of migrants in the health sector. The ghanaian single spine pay proposal is better defined as a single spine pay structure that attempts to place all jobs onto a common structure with. The fair wages and salaries commission is mandated under section 2 of act. Ghana also has a wellestablished and sophisticated administrative structure for the supervision of medical education and accreditation. While the ghanaian single pay spine places all jobs onto a common structure, the standard single spine has different grade structures for different occupational. The ghana universal salary structure and grading system was only marginally successfully as. Single spine salary structure ssss refers to having a distinct pay plan. Pdf motivation and performance of librarians in public. These schools benefited from over 4,000 rlg laptops do nated by the ministry of environment science, technology and innovation mesti as part of governments better ghana agenda aimed at making students information communication. With generally lower salaries in the public sector, the government of ghana initiated pay policy reforms in 2006 and established the fair wages and salaries.
Health administrators unhappy with single spine salary. The implementation of the single spine salary structure ssss in. For news about ghana, see accraexpats how to guide page how to keep posted with ghana news official name. Single spine salary structure, labour unions, equity, inequity. It is anticipated that the single spine pay policy will be able to restore equity and transparency in ghanas public service remuneration structure government of ghana, 2009. Social receiving environment this chapter presents an overview of the social receiving environment within the study area of the tema lng project.
Pdf implementation of single spine pay policy in public sector of. Ministry of employment and labour relations ministry of finance. A technical committee of the public services joint standing negotiating committee has been inaugurated to consider all post migration issues of the single spine salary stucture ssss, except those related to the grading structures of institutions. The objective was to create equity, with a salary and grading structure to encompass the public sector. This paper examines the aftermath effect of the new civil service pay.
Single spine full text salary equal pay for equal work scribd. The single pay spine places all public servants on one vertical structure. The single spine salary structure ssss is one of the major components of the single spine pay policy sspp introduced by the government of ghana and got implemented in 2010, to regulate the payment of public service workers especially those under article 190 of the 1992 constitution of ghana. Ghana poverty reduction strategy paper prsp and joint. The public service of ghana is a juggernaut which has to pay about 470,205 employees under a novel and encyclopaedic remuneration system known as the single spine salary structure ssss. All category 1 allowances transport, rent, utility etc are consolidated. The implementation of the single spine salary structure. Single spine salary structure in ghana pdf pay policy and to assess the effects of the sspp on the ghanaian economy.
Single spine full text salary equal pay for equal work. They have been a lot of queries with regards to the ges salary structure and pay scale. Overweight and obesity prevalence among public servants in. This paper discusses motivation and performance of librarians in public universities in ghana. Kwabena duffour inaugurated the committee on tuesday, which is also expected. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on may 2, 2011. The study examined motivation of librarians, the effect of motivation on. Base pay on single spine salary structure increased by 11.
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