2023 COLA negotiation for public sector workers underway-Check Reasons
With the current information gathered, it is likely that organized labour unions will request for cost of living allowances (COLA) for the year 2023. This is because the government of Ghana has introduced fresh taxes.
Organized labour has also indicated that the current living conditions will highly be factored into the 2023 base pay negotiation.
The organized labor union has given notice that this year’s salary negotiations will center on the present standard of living.
In order to protect the Ghanaian worker, Joshua Ansah, deputy secretary general of the, Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) says factors like inflation, taxes, and cost of living will be heavily taken into account when talks for working conditions begin.
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In an interview with Daniel Opoku of TV3 on Monday, April 3, Mr. Ansah expressed dissatisfaction with the present government for raising taxes despite the state of the economy.
Since their request that the government should approve the three bills was not heeded, he said, the TUC will carefully watch what the taxes generated by the amended bills will be used for.
Regarding negotiations for greater pay, he stated: “Definitely, we are going to factor in anything that eroded our gains like inflation, like taxes, like living standards anything that makes our living standards not comfortable will be factored into our negotiations.”
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This follows the passage by Parliament on Friday, March 31, of three revenue-related measures. The proposals are the Growth and Sustainability Amendment Bill, the Excise Duty Amendment Bill, and the Income Tax Amendment Bill.
To supplement domestic revenue, the government is aiming to produce about GH4 billion annually. But the TUC’s deputy general secretary maintained that over time, governments have changed but never explained why they tax the populace so heavily, especially employees.
“We know that taxes are for development but when we pay we don’t see the development that we envisage,” he lamented.
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“We hope to see positive things this time round, otherwise it will be difficult for Ghanaians to be convinced to pay any additional taxes.”
He warned: “This time round we are not going to sit down and fold our arms. We are going to monitor what they use the taxes for so that we will hold them accountable for what they use our monies for.”
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