‘Pay workers based on performance, not attendance’ – Austin Gamey

Labour analyst Austin Gamey has called for Ghana to move away from an attendance-based remuneration system to one that rewards workers based on productivity, arguing that the approach could improve wages, strengthen job security and create more employment opportunities.

According to him workers should be remunerated based on their individual performance and the performance of the businesses they work for, rather than simply reporting to work.

Speaking to Citi News on Tuesday, November 10, Austin Gamey said Ghana’s labour laws already provide a framework for productivity-based remuneration, but the challenge lies in ensuring effective implementation.

He said the proposed Independent Emoluments Commission should help develop a future remuneration structure that places greater emphasis on productivity and supports the payment of living wages.

“Nobody in Ghana should ever be paid based upon appearance at the workplace. We must be paid based on the performance of the business and the performance of the individual. So productivity pay is what will give us what we have always been clamouring for, a living wage” he said

He added that the private sector must take the lead in promoting productivity-based pay, describing it as a more effective way of rewarding workers while protecting existing jobs and expanding employment.

“The private sector is supposed to lead that crusade. This is the most civilized way of rewarding people and protecting their job security, and to ensure that we expand and emply more people, “he added..

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