Ing. Ben Arthur, the Chief Executive of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), has written to the Controller and Accountant-General to demand that certain employees of the public broadcaster repay some allowances that they claim were improperly given to them.
According to reports, the impacted employees received “unearned” allowances totalling GH2,084,020 over the course of a year.
The payments were not meant to have been paid because the worker was not eligible for them, according to the letter. This was discovered following the Commission-initiated nationwide payroll monitoring exercise.
“As part of the payroll monitoring exercise, FWSC has discovered that some staff of GBC are currently enjoying allowances to which they are not entitled,” the letter observed.
The impacted employees include those who got GBC Computer Special Allowance and Vehicle Maintenance Allowance. Ing. Arthur believes that these should be removed from the payroll. The latter, for instance, was integrated into the basic compensation following the migration of GBC workers to the Single Spine compensation Structure, according to the statement. It was never established by the Employer.
According to reports, certain employees who are below the rank of director are allegedly receiving benefits in violation of Category 4 Allowances for things like rent, housekeeping, housing, entertainment, and utilities.
“This should be stopped and taken off the payroll.” The situation is said to be generating agitations among workers at GBC.
