This is the average monthly salary including housing, transport, and other benefits. A career family pay structure normally has 6 to 8 levels defined by the activities carried out andor by the knowledge and skills or competencies needed to perform. After the implementation of the single spine salary structure, the salaries were raised and based on the ranks in ghana education service pdf, the teachers below or equal to the level of a principal superintendent in ges earned between 500 800 gh. The fair wages and salaries commission has, after several months of consultations, finally arrived at a decision to implement a single spine pay policy sspp which will take place from july 1, 2010. Case studies on managing government compensation and.
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 25 grades levels that include, in turn, 7 to 15 steps. Health outcome indicators in ghana and countries with similar income levels 127 figure 4. To answer the question of how many pay structures is required, we will have to answer the following questions on the following areas. Traditional salary structures usually have many narrow salary ranges and multiple grades, with separate structures for each type of employee. The single spine pay policy sspp has been put forward to restore equity and transparency in public service pay administration. The basic salaries on the single spine salary structure have been increased by 11 percent across board, public services joint standing negotiating committee has announced. Salaries range from 2,580 ghs lowest average to 8,800 ghs highest average, actual maximum salary is higher this is the average monthly salary including housing, transport, and other benefits. They contend that, while the single spine salary structure is based on 40 hours of work per week for each category of workers, doctors work 56 hours per week. Defining the single pay spine a single pay spine is one of a set of be used by a single government employer to establish common pay and grading arrangements for all employees, while, at the same time, permitting a high level of flexibility in meeting the different management and organizational needs of.
The new pay structure will take effect on january 1, 2018, at the current pay point relativity of 1. The pay structure also rewards workers based on their level of experience and the type of tasks they perform. The implementation of the single spine salary structure ssss. Graded structures a sequence of overlapping job grades into which jobs of broadly equivalent size are allocated. An act to establish the fair wages and salaries commission and to provide for related purposes. Salaries range from 2,580 ghs lowest average to 8,800 ghs highest average, actual maximum salary is higher. This translates into a mere one percent of mps pay as approved. A pay spine is a companywide pay structure that is especially effective due to its simplicity and clarity. Ghanaian public sector workers productivity levels are so low and yet they. Government white paper on the single spine pay policy table of contents 1.
Alternatively, levels of pay may be agreed through collective bargaining with trade unions or by reaching individual agreements, armstrong, 2010. Ministry of employment and labour relations ministry of finance. Salary scales applicable as from 1 january 2020 in euros. Blake, 2010 argues further that, government has taken note of the 25level grade structure designed for public service jobs. 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. Nov 24, 2015 a career family pay structure is a single graded structure where each grade has been divided into job families, for example operations, finance, administration, marketing and it. Salary structures often are expressed as pay grades or job grades that. The theory is that more educated teachers with more years of experience should provide the best levels of education.
The single spine pay policy is a new comprehensive pay reform program introduced to replace the ghana universal salary structure guss. Oct, 2011 to convert this grade structure to one suited for use with a single pay spine, the values in each cell of the matrix must be checked against the values on the pay spine. It is anticipated that the single spine pay policy will be able to restore equity and transparency in ghanas public service remuneration structure government of ghana, 2009. Mr albert aseiduofei, president of the association of health service administrators says the anomaly in placing subordinate health service administrators higher than their superiors on the single spine salary structure ssss is affecting morale. An assessment of health workers view on the current single spine. A nationwide job evaluation exercise was undertaken and a new grading and salary structure was developed to create equity. Given the impossibility of reducing pay, the pay point at the next highest pay should be found, and it becomes the pay point for the relevant cell. For example, nonexempt employees will be in one structure, salaried employees in another structure and executives in a third. Salaries range from 690 ghs lowest average to 22,600 ghs highest average, actual maximum salary is higher. Jan 10, 2017 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. Ghana education service ges salary structure gh students. 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.
The single spine salary structure ssss is one of the major components of the single. Th is process culminated in the design of the single spine pay policy. Mr aseiduofei said this undermined the managerial responsibilities of health service administrators and weakened their moral authority in the. Single spine salary structure ssss refers to having a distinct pay plan whereby employees on the same pay scale are paid equally ankomah, 2009. The single spine salary structure levels of pay is based on the spine pay. Dont hire employees and offer them salaries at random. Jul 19, 2017 the basic salaries on the single spine salary structure have been increased by 11 percent across board, public services joint standing negotiating committee has announced. The public service of ghana is a juggernaut which has to pay about 470,205 employees under a novel and encyclopaedic remuneration system known as the single spine salary structure ssss. Jul 19, 2017 20170719 the basic salaries on the single spine salary structure have been increased by 11 percent across board, public services joint standing negotiating committee has announced. Sector in the public service such as health and teaching, has its own schedule. Guss, which was a 22 level salary structure, the ssss is a 25 level structure. A person working in ghana typically earns around 5,110 ghs per month. Pay spines cover all wages within the organisation, from the lowest entrylevel salary through to senior managerial or even executive pay levels.
These structures are often based on specific job functions or occupations. Guss ghana universal salary structure hr human resources. Single spine salary structure levels for teachers yen. Determine pay grades o there are no fixed rules for every organization. The most important types of pay structure, or salary structure, are. The salary scale you decide on can influence your business, so choose a compensation philosophy wisely. Diversity of the jobs in terms of functional areas and job levels. Ghana medical association vicepresident dr poku adusei said doctors were worried about the disparities in the public sector pay structure. How to set a salary scale for your employees dummies. Full details of huge pay, exgratia for mps, others citi 97.
Single spine salary structure, labour unions, equity. Single spine full text salary equal pay for equal work. Each grade has a range, the maximum of which is usually 20 to 50% above the minimum. Given the impossibility of reducing pay, the pay point at the next highest pay should be found, and it. To convert this grade structure to one suited for use with a single pay spine, the values in each cell of the matrix must be checked against the values on the pay spine. A salary range structure or salary structure is a hierarchal group of jobs and salary ranges within an organization. The term single spine basically refers to the principle that all public sector workers no matter their area of specialization and the public organization they belong to must be placed or linked to one common salary structure, typically like all nerves and organs of the body connected with the.
Salary scales applicable as from 1 january 2020 in euros created date. Information for staff any nationally negotiated pay increases will normally be applied from 1 august for nonclinical staff and 1 april for clinical staff. Health outcome indicators in ghana and countries with similar income levels. Estimating the fiscal costs of implementing ghanas single. Designing the single spine salary structure ssss and determining the base. Teachers above the level of principal superintendent earned between 500 800 gh following the implementation of the single spine salary structure, they was a pay rise based on the ranks in ghana education service teachers below or equal to the level of a principal superintendent in ges earned between 500 800 gh. Base pay on single spine salary structure increased by 11 percent. Salaries vary drastically between different careers. Pdf with generally lower salaries in the public sector, the. The implementation of the single spine salary structure. In 2016 the least paid public sector worker on the single spine earned ghc207. The single spine pay proposal world bank documents.
The argument most commonly put forth for a single salary schedule is that it is an objective pay structure. Health administrators unhappy with single spine salary. Base pay on single spine salary structure increased by 11. Nov 17, 2018 the single spine salary structure is based on the spine pay policy that is based on a system that awards workers based on different levels of pay depending on the basis of qualification. Pay is based solely on the number of years on the job and the level of an employees education. The single spine pay policy sspp has been put forward to restore equity and transparency. In 1997, the government of ghana decided to address gaping disparities that had emerged between the pay of civil servants and those in the wider public sector. 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.
A career family pay structure is a single graded structure where each grade has been divided into job families, for example operations, finance, administration, marketing and it. Single spine salary structure, labour unions, equity, inequity, fairness introduction. Depuy spine employees with the job title quality engineer. The following are the most common methods used to establish pay scales. May 02, 2018 business news of wednesday, 2 may 2018. The list of acronyms and abbreviations related to ssss single spine salary structure.
Download this paper open pdf in browser share email add to. Pdf implementation of single spine pay policy in public sector of. The new pay policy is to be implemented in phases over a fiveyear period effective january 01, 2010. Government white paper on the single spine pay policy 1. The single spine salary structure of ghana seems to be going through a lot of serious.
Government accepts the 25level salary structure as the basis for the implementation of the new pay policy. Salaries vary drastically between different teaching education careers. You need to establish a salary pay scale for employees within your business. Single spine full text salary equal pay for equal work free 30. Nov 12, 2016 komfo anokye teaching hospital, kumasi. This is because the absence of this evidence clouds knowledge about how the policy has. Full details of huge pay, exgratia for mps, others citi.
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