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SSSS takes off this July

By Solace AMANKWA
The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWCS) has announced its preparedness towards the implementation of the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) by July, this year.

To this end, the process of migrating salary data onto the SSSS has begun and the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) has already started work to off-load salary data from the various public service institutions onto the SSSS.

In addition, a joint technical committee on the FWCS and CAGD has been established and is currently working to ensure smooth migration of all public institutions’ payrolls onto the SSSS.

The committee is using the current payroll data as reference point to map out existing payrolls of the various institutions onto the SSSS.

Government has however issued a white paper on the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP), stating its position on the policy and all the arrangements for its implementation by the set date.

The white paper indicated that the new pay policy would be implemented in phases over a five-year period from the commencement date, with the first six months dedicated towards resolving any outstanding issues to evolve a lasting pay administration arrangement.

The SSPP is a broad pay policy framework which has elements such as the SSSS, performance management system and productivity indicators, periodic job evaluation, market premiums and inducements.

The SSPP replaces the Ghana Universal Salary Structure (GUSS) and other forms of pay structure within the various public sector institutions in order to restore equity and transparency in public service pay administration.

According to the Chief Executive Officer of the FWSC, George Smith-Graham, the issuance of the government’s white paper, would pave the way for the commission to give meaning and effect to the new policy.

In addition, the FWCS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with organized labour on the modalities for conducting negotiations on the base pay and relativities.

The agreement is to enable full costing of the structure to be determined and also help in negotiating the base pay and relativities on the spine.

However, as part of its activities towards a successful implementation of the SSPP, the FWCS will soon launch a nationwide communication and sensitization programme to educate workers and the general public on the SSPP.

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