Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Ghana as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Ghana: Affirmative action
A Bill that would necessitate the introduction of affirmative action programmes by employers was first drafted in 2011, but only at the end of last year was it submitted formally to Parliament …
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Ghana: Major increases in minimum wage and public sector pay (2024)
Under S 113 (1) (9) of the Labour Act, a Tripartite Committee has raised the daily minimum wage with effect from 1st January 2024 by 22% – from GHC14 …
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Ghana: Sexual harassment case transforms to one about breach of promise
The High Court in Accra has awarded a former employee of First Atlantic Bank GH¢6,000 (US$528) against the bank’s former Chief Finance Officer (CFO), although it has not yet heard the substantive case …
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Ghana: Rival union groups still unable to finally sort out their differences
The Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL) and Trades Union Congress (TUC) have long held opposing claims to represent trade unions in the country …
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Ghana: 2.5 million youth not engaged in education, training or employment
: Difficult situation of young people …
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Ghana: 2022 Report from the US Department of State on human rights practices
This is just one of many extremely informative country reports the Department publishes retrospectively each year …
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Ghana: Agreement on base pay for public sector workers
The government and trade unions have agreed to increase all public servants’ salaries by 30%, effective retrospectively from 1st January 2023 …
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Ghana: Government increases minimum wage to GH¢14.88
Minimum wage change …
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Ghana: Strike over rising living costs
The current strike by four teacher unions is on the verge of spreading to other public sector groups – and beyond …
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Ghana: Inflation rate hits 23.6% in April 2022, highest in 18 years
Consumer price inflation reached 23 …
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Ghana: Mandatory electronic tax return filing for certain taxpayer categories
Individual and corporate taxpayers (and excise taxpayers) registered with the Large Taxpayer Office (LTO), with revenue above GH₵5million may now only file returns online via the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Taxpayers portal …
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Ghana: Anti-gay bill seeks long jail terms for LGBTQ people
A 36-page private members Bill against LGBT rights has been submitted by 8 MPs to the country’s parliament …
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Ghana: Daily minimum wage increased to GH₵12.53
The national daily minimum wage has just been increased by 6% to GH₵12 …
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Ghana: Government to acquire 100% stake in AirtelTigo
Uncertainty remains about the future of jobs at the major telecoms company Airtel/Tigo following its sale to Ghana’s government by Intel and Millicom International Cellular – India‘s second largest telecom operator …
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Ghana: NDC will increase maternity leave period to four months
One of the two leading parties contending the forthcoming general election in December 2020 is the National Democratic Congress (NDC) …
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