The National Labour Commission (NLC) has summoned the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) and the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) to hear the dispute between the parties.
On Monday, the latter served notice to embark on a strike should the former refuse to suspend what they described as an “obnoxious” directive regarding the payment of allowances to office holders in public universities.
The Association said the directive must be promptly suspended until GTEC had constructively engaged all stakeholders.
Read more: Suspend “obnoxious” directive on payment of allowances – GAUA
The NLC in its response, has invoked its authority as stated in section 139 of the Labour Act, (2003), Act 651.
The two parties are therefore required to “to appear before the Commission on Wednesday, 30th August 2023 at 2:30 pm for a hearing of the issue(s) in dispute.”
Read full statement below:
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