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22nd May, 2011
Teachers With Additional Responsibilities Must Be Paid Commensurated Salaries - NLC
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed the Ghana Education Service (GES) to submit a report to it on measures the Service has taken to address the problems of teachers who have been promoted but are still on their old salaries.
In a statement issued in Accra last Wednesday and signed by the Public Affairs Officer, Mr Mohammed Affum, the Commission further directed the GES to report to it in the first week of July, the progress made to ensure that teachers with additional responsibilities were paid the commensurate salaries.
The GES was asked to brief the NLC in two weeks about the claim by the teachers that the non-taxable professional allowance had been replaced with a taxable retention premium that had resulted in the reduction of their salaries.
According to the statement, the concerned teachers listed their grievances as low basic pay of teachers, delay in increase of salary levels of promoted teachers, alleged failure of GES to provide the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) with accurate data on teachers with additional responsibilities and the replacement of non-taxable professional allowance with taxable retention premium.
On the low base pay for teachers, the GES informed the NLC that organised labour was negotiating with the FWSC for an increase.
The advised the CCT to seek a resolution of grievances over their terms and conditions of employment within the ambit of the law rather than resorting to illegal strikes that disrupted teaching in public schools.
The Commission gave the directives when it met the management of the GES and the leadership of the Coalition of Concerned Teachers – Ghana, to explore ways of addressing the concerns of the teachers who went on strike last week.
The NLC described the strike as illegal and called on the coalition of teachers to call it off.
GNA
In a statement issued in Accra last Wednesday and signed by the Public Affairs Officer, Mr Mohammed Affum, the Commission further directed the GES to report to it in the first week of July, the progress made to ensure that teachers with additional responsibilities were paid the commensurate salaries.
The GES was asked to brief the NLC in two weeks about the claim by the teachers that the non-taxable professional allowance had been replaced with a taxable retention premium that had resulted in the reduction of their salaries.
According to the statement, the concerned teachers listed their grievances as low basic pay of teachers, delay in increase of salary levels of promoted teachers, alleged failure of GES to provide the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) with accurate data on teachers with additional responsibilities and the replacement of non-taxable professional allowance with taxable retention premium.
On the low base pay for teachers, the GES informed the NLC that organised labour was negotiating with the FWSC for an increase.
The advised the CCT to seek a resolution of grievances over their terms and conditions of employment within the ambit of the law rather than resorting to illegal strikes that disrupted teaching in public schools.
The Commission gave the directives when it met the management of the GES and the leadership of the Coalition of Concerned Teachers – Ghana, to explore ways of addressing the concerns of the teachers who went on strike last week.
The NLC described the strike as illegal and called on the coalition of teachers to call it off.
GNA
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