Th is process culminated in the design of the single spine pay policy. Analysis and recommendations from organizational development perspective article pdf available january 2015 with 1,638 reads. It is worth noting that the sspp replaced ghana universal salary structure guss and pay policies. Pdf implementation of single spine pay policy in public sector of.
Single spine pay structure in ghana 1266 words bartleby. The salary structure as a system came to replace the former ghana universal salary structure guss in 2010. Ghana education service ges salary structure gh students. While the ghanaian single pay spine places all jobs onto a common structure, the standard single spine has different grade structures for different occupational. In the interest of fairness and equity, let us compare these figures with the figures from the single spine salary structure of the public service. 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. The single spine salary structure escalated government wage bill from about gh 2 billion to more than gh7 billion by the end of 2012. Single spine pay structure simply means having a single pay plan whereby employees in the same pay scale are paid equally. The ghana public service as defined by article 1901, chapter. 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.
Facilitate the development of vibrant cooperatives and small scale enterprises for. The single spine salary structure ssss is one of the major components of the single. The single spine salary structure ssss was introduced by the government and implemented in 2010, to regulate the payment of public service workers especially those under article 190 of the 1992 constitution of ghana. Spine pay policy sspp introduced by the government of ghana and got. The public services joint standing negotiating committee has increased the current basic salaries on the single spine salary structure sssp by 11% across board for the year 2018. This is because the absence of this evidence clouds knowledge about how the policy has. The opposite of a fragmented pay structure is known as an integrated pay structure, or single spine.
Base pay on single spine salary structure increased by 11. Ghanaian public sector workers who fall under the single spine salary structure will all enjoy a 10 per cent pay rise from january 2019. The single spine salary structure was introduced for public workers and that includes those in the teaching services. The ghana immigration service salary just like every other paramilitary organization in the world has an organized chain of command. All these changes happened between the periods of 1999 and 2010 abbey 8. The single pay spine places all public servants on one vertical structure. The migration of public sector workers onto the single spine salary structure ssss has so far cost the state gh. The public sector employees included in the ssss are those in the civil service, the judicial service, the audit service, the ghana education service, the ghana health service, the parliamentary. However, the 2019 indicative total allocation to the ministry is expected to increase by 12. The single spine salary structure ssss was implemented in the year 2010. The fwsc indicates salary levels are commensurate to job levels in the country.
It was established in 2010 to replace the former ghana universal salary structure. We all know that employment is one of the major factors that influence the growth and development of any countrys economy. Single spine salary structure ghana broadcasting corporation. Ghanas single spine pay policy sspp was introduced as an attempt. And the implementation of the single spine salary structure ssss for. The new public sector pay policy came into effect from 1st july, 2010 as a unified salary structure that places all public sector employees on one vertical structure with incremental pay points from the lowest to the highest level. Single spine salary structure levels for teachers yen. Every job has been valued and put on a point, say from one to 200 or. Estimating the fiscal costs of implementing ghana s single pay spine reform. Ghana army ranks and salary structure 2020 prices ghana.
Single spine salary structure outlived its purpose, must. The implementation of the single spine salary structure. Essay about single spine pay structure in ghana 1252 words. Full details of huge pay, exgratia for mps, others citi. 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.
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 ghanaian army is being controlled and regulated by the ministry of defense and central defense headquarters as mentioned earlier. Ministry of employment and labour relations ministry of finance. A person working in ghana typically earns around 5,110 ghs per month. The single spine pay proposal world bank documents.
Implementation of single spine pay policy in public sector of ghana. Government accepts the 25level salary structure as the basis for the implementation of the new pay policy. It is anticipated that the single spine pay policy will be able to restore equity and transparency in ghana s public service remuneration structure government of ghana. Mr baffour awuah said the psjsnc agreed that the current base pay on the single spine salary structure should be increased by 12 per cent across board for the year 2020 at the existing pay point relativity of 1. Prior to the introduction of the single spine salary structure ssss, the ghana public service have been operating over one hundred separate salary structures.
Before the inception of the single spine salary structure, it was clear that the level of salaries t. 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. An assessment of health workers view on the current. The single pay spine has and can accommodate salaries from grading structures of different sizes and shapes. The single spine salary structure government has taken note of the 25level grade structure designed for public service jobs. Ghanaian public workers to enjoy a 10% pay rise in 2019. Detailed salary report based on career, education, experience, gender, age etc.
Article pdf available in european scientific journal 108. Estimating the fiscal costs of implementing ghana s single pay spine reform carlos cavalcanti the world bank. The government and organised labour have agreed to standardise allowances to be enjoyed by public servants on the single spine salary structure. The single spine salary structure is a system that came to replace the ghana universal salary structure guss in 2010. The ghana universal salary structure guss pay policy was changed to the health sector salary structure hss in 2006 which was also changed to the single spine pay policy sspp in 2010. This was contained in a statement signed by a deputy. The single spine pay structure simply means having a single pay plan whereby employees in the same pay scale are paid equally. The rationale for the single spine salary structure is to remove inequities and distortions in public service pay administration in order to achieve equal pay for work of equal worth as enshrined in article 241 of the 1992 constitution of ghana, section 10b of the labor act, 2003act 651. Designing the single spine salary structure ssss and determining the base. The new public sector pay policy, the single spine salary structure ssss, comes into effect from today, 1 st july 2010, as a unified salary structure that places all public sector employees on one vertical structure with incremental pay points from the lowest to the highest level. Single spine salary structure starts today modern ghana. In 2016 the least paid public sector worker on the single spine earned ghc207. The increase is at current pay point relativity of 1. For the 2018 to 2021 medium term, expenditure is projected to increase from gh.
The single spine pay policy is a new comprehensive pay reform program introduced to replace the ghana universal salary structure guss. It completely came to overhaul the pay structure that was being used to pay workers in the public sectors. An act to establish the fair wages and salaries commission and to provide for related purposes. Single spine full text salary equal pay for equal work scribd. 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. The ghana immigration service conducts its recruitment exercise on yearly basis, and as such a lot of search queries have been submitted with regards to ghana immigration salary structure and scale. The single spine salary structure ssss was introduced by the government and implemented in 2010, to regulate the payment of public service workers especially those under article 190 of the 1992. These offices are also responsible for the ghana army salary structure. Full details of huge pay, exgratia for mps, others. Single spine salary structure in ghana pdf pay policy and to assess the effects of the sspp on the ghanaian economy. Single spine salary structure, labour unions, equity, inequity. Fair wages staff threaten to strike over single spine. Challenges of single spine salary structure in ghana.
Single spine salary structure ssss refers to having a distinct pay plan. In fragmented pay structures, such as the uk, different occupations have different pay structures. The implementation of the single spine salary structure ssss in. Estimating the fiscal costs of implementing ghanas single. 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. Salaries range from 690 ghs lowest average to 22,600 ghs highest average, actual maximum salary is higher this is the average monthly salary including housing, transport, and other benefits.
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