Good News: COLA Reflects On August Validation For Some Government Workers
Cost Of Living Allowance has reflected on the August GOG validation payslip of Ghana Police Service. Although validation for other public sectors like teachers, nurses and others are yet to be in, validators from the police service have confirmed that the COLA has reflected for the month of August.
Date for Payment of Cost Of Living Allowance To Public Sector Workers And Other Details
Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) has trend for the past few weeks after Teacher Unions initially embarked on strike for it to be paid by the government. Although 20% was what the teachers were demanding, other public sector workers also joined in and at the end 15% was agreed to be paid to public sector workers.
How to Calculate 15% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA)
After teachers embarked on Strike and various labour agitations for a 20% Cost of Living Allowance, the government of Ghana has granted a 15% Cost of Living Allowances (COLA) to cushion all public sector workers. This is due to the current socio-economic realities and global developments that are affecting the lives of ordinary Ghanaian workers in the year 2022.
Good News As GES Diploma Holders Will Likely Take Ghc600 and Degree Holders Ghc780 As COLA.
As we gradually move to the end of this month, thus, August, many public sector workers might be happy because their accounts would be credited with their monthly salary together with the cost of living allowance granted, of which the Ghanaian professional teachers are without exception.
Bad News For Teachers And Other Labour Unions As Govt Says 15% COLA Will Be Suspended In Future
20% COLA, Cost of Living Allowance, which was negotiated to 15% by the government does not even have a bright future and may be suspended. Government has made it clear that the 15% which was agreed to be paid to public sector workers may be suspended if the factors which necessitated the demand of cola is no longer there.
Date for Payment of Cost Of Living Allowance To Public Sector Workers And Other Details
After teacher unions initially went on strike to demand that the government pay for the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA), it has been trending for the past few weeks. Although other public sector employees joined in on the teachers' demand for 20%, the final agreement for public sector workers' pay was 15%.
Some Teachers Bemoaned As Relatives Have Started Making Demands From Them Because Of COLA.
As the cost of living allowance is to be paid into the accounts of all public sector workers, without exception the Ghanaian professional teachers, whose contributions are highly demanded for the betterment of any given society, some however Bemoaned, as too much pressure of demands are coming from their relatives because of the widely spread news about the payment of cost of living allowance for this weekend.
2023 Salary Update For Teachers
After the many hard works and sacrifices by the respective teacher unions in their agitation for the cost of living allowance for the betterment of the Ghanaian professional teachers, in which fifteen percentage was finally agreed upon, it seems that some teachers unions have not ceased their duties in fighting for improve conditions of service for teachers.
Government to meet leaders of labour unions to address the module payment of COLA
The government is yet to met all leaders of labour unions, the Ghana Association of Teachers GNAT National Association of Graduate Teachers NAGRAT Coalition and Concerned Teachers Ghana and Teachers and Educational Workers Union TEWU and all Public Sectors Workers leaders to have a discussion on how the payment of 15% cost of living allowance COLA will be paid after the agreement.
Government cannot pay Cola In July as agreed with organised labour
INTRODUCTION Government has agreed to pay public sector workers 15% as COLA to help cushion thier standard of living in the country as inflation is extremely high. A document obtained from the labour unions has been observed that, effective 1st July, 2022, Government will add to all public sector workers 15% of the base pay they receive every month.
July Validation Is In, Date For Payment And Update On COLA
The Controller and Accountant General Department activated the ESPV validation portal for July yesterday, around 12:57pm. Following that, head of institutions are to validate their workers for salaries to be paid to them. This article seeks to highlight when to expect July Salary and give an update on the agree Cost of Living Allowance (COLA).
Cost Of Living Allowance To Be Paid In August For All Public Sector Workers?
Cost of living Allowance an agreed percentage of 15 which was proposed by various workers unions to help them in aliviating the hardship the economy has imposed on them. Cost Of Living Allowance has reflected on the August validation payslip of Ghana Police Service. Although validation for other public sectors like teachers, nurses and others are yet to be in, validators from the police service have verified that the Cost Of Living Allowance has reflected for the month of August.
ATAG worries over teachers acceptance of COLA other than salary increment
The All Teachers Alliance Ghana(ATAG) has disclosed teachers should rather discussed about 15% salary increment instead of 15% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). According to the National President of All Teachers Alliance Ghana (ATAG), Mr Isaac Ofori noted that the 15% increment would have improved the conditions service of teachers permanently.
Cola payments ends in 2022-Ghana National Association of Teachers
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has said that the 2022 Cost of Living Allowance that was negotiated to be paid for public sector workers shall end in December 2022. The GNAT in a memo to its members on August 17, 2022, indicated that the COLA shall be paid in August 2022.
COLA: KNUST Branch Of Senior Staff Association Asks Its Members To Join Nationwide Strike
The leadership of the senior staff association of universities of Ghana in KNUST has asked its members to join the nationwide strike in demand of Cost Of Living Allowance (COLA). During the just-ended local council meeting, the leadership told their members that they would resort to setting up a task force to ensure full compliance once it comes to their realization that some members are not obeying the directive to withdraw their services.
COLA May Not Be Permanent - Govt Informs Organized Labour
The joy of all labour unions in the country will be short-lived as the 15% Cost Of Living Allowance (COLA), which was agreed between government and the labour unions in the country may not be permanent. According to government, it was some factors that necessitated the agreement between government and the labour unions to pay the 15% cola to labour unions retrospective of July 1st.
Check How Much Public Sector Workers Want Gov't To Increase Salaries In 2023
It has been two months into the payment of Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) to public sectors in the country. This was after labour unions exerted massive pressure on the government to pay them the allowance to cushion them under the harsh economic atmosphere in the country.
Bad news for teachers and other labour union as government says 15% Cola will be suspended in future
20% COLA, Cost of Living Allowance, which was haggled to 15% by the public authority doesn't have a brilliant future and might be suspended. Government has clarified that the 15% which was consented to be paid to public area laborers might be suspended assuming the variables which required the interest of cola is no longer there.
University Senior Staff Still On Strike Despite 15% COLA
Thought the government has addressed the issue of COLA of the labor union with 15% but the senior staff of the University Teachers said they are still on strike because some of their issues have not been taken care of. They noted that though COLA was part of their strike but they went on strike on several issues which are their Tier 2 pension which has been hanging for 10 years, issue on appointment and casual workers and their employment has not been regularize which they think is against Labour law.
Teachers Strike Over Cola Has Heen Called Off.
The teacher unions strike as a result of government's inability to pay 20% conditions of service allowance *cola* has been called off after the government agreed to pay 15% to them. It all began when the teacher unions in Ghana: Coalition of Concerned Teachers CCT, NAGRAT, GNAT and TEWU on the 4th of July 2022 declared a nationwide strike over Conditions Of Service Allowance which they have been demanding since November last year.