Wireko-Brobbey: Government, labour unions to meet again over mode of payment for COLA
The government and organised labour on Thursday agreed on a 15% cost of living allowance (COLA) to be paid to all public sector workers effective 1 July 2022
Bright Wireko-Brobbey, the deputy minister of employment and labour relations, has said the government will soon start negotiations with labour unions over the modalities for paying their condition of service allowance (COLA).
Speaking with Benjamin Offei-Addo on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Friday (15 July), Wireko-Brobbey said other workers who are not part of the Single Spine Pay Salary Structure may be roped in to benefit from COLA.
“As is done in all negotiations; the first is to agree on the quantum, the percentage of payment, the next meeting will then be the mode of payment.”
“Yesterday, we made it clear to the union leaders that we will engage the leadership exclusively on the mode of payment and that is agreed. There are even consequential matters that arise out of this.”
“Very soon we will even convene a tripartite meeting and see how other workers who are not part of the Single Spine Pay Salary Structure will even be considered in this …” he said.
The deputy minister said the cost of living allowance is not a recurrent payment but is usually paid as a result of certain factors that have arisen in the course of time.
Listen to Bright Wireko-Brobbey in the audio below:
Government, organised labour agree on 15% COLA
The government and organised labour on Thursday (15 July) agreed on a 15% cost of living allowance (COLA) to be paid to all public sector workers effective 1 July 2022.
According to the agreement, “all industrial actions and threats of same will be called off immediately and that all labour unions will return to work forthwith.”
This follows three days of meeting between the government and the labour unions since the demand for COLA started.
“The Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) will be paid at a rate of 15% of base pay that the effective date of the payment of COLA is 1 July 2022, ” Employment and Labour Relations Minister, Ignatius Baffuor Awuah announced at a press briefing on Thursday.
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