Aug 05, 2011· Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana Mr. Yorke is an aspiring HR Professional with outstanding interests in quality human resource management practices. He has established himself as a decent brand with a positive outlook and is highly interested in sharing knowledge with HR Professionals in Ghana's mining .
The youth of Tarkwa in the Western Region have kicked against attempts by by Goldfields Ghana Limited to dismiss over 2,000 workers as a result of a new 'Contract Mining" operating model adopted by the mining giant. According to the Concerned Youth of Tarkwa, who declared their opposing stance at a news conference at Tamso, [.]
Feb 04, 2014· Redundant mine workers are expected to receive what can be termed as a life-changing severance package averaging between US$75, 000 and US$120,000 in cedi equivalent.
Goldfields Ghana has been in a tug of war with the Ghana mine workers union over the company's decision to change from owner mining to contract mining. The company says the prevailing operating and economic conditions would not ensure the longevity and sustainability of the Tarkwa mine under the current owner mining model. Whilst the [.]
Jun 04, 2014· According to the union, so far, more than 3,500 employees have exited the mining industry in the country in the name of redundancy, out of .
Mar 05, 2018· Workers of Gold Fields Ghana Limited at Tarkwa in the Western Region have accused management of the mining firm of making some of their colleagues sign letters of redundancy under duress. They also indicated that some of the workers were made to sign fixed term contract.
Mar 14, 2018· The aggrieved workers of Goldfields Ghana Limited who staged a demonstration on Monday, March 12, 2018 to protest against the eminent layoffs in the wake of the introduction of the contract mining ...
Nov 14, 2018· Redundancy in the mining areas are quite handsome and a lot of them deposited their receipt in this vehicle and now what we see is what we are seeing." ... Menzgold Ghana has suspended ...
Mar 13, 2018· In the statement, the union said, the raging impasse which begun in November 2017 between them and Goldfields Ghana Limited over the latter's avowed determination to terminate over 2,150 workers' permanent employment through a redundancy exercise and opt for contract mining appears to have reached a crescendo and the matter now of public ...
Maersk Ghana Limited (2011) 2 SCGLR ... it did not require permission before mining in the agreed portion of its freehold land. ... The amount of redundancy pay and the terms and conditions of payment are matters which are subject to negotiation between the employer or a representative of the employer on the one hand and the worker or the trade ...
Aug 08, 2011· Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana Mr. Yorke is an aspiring HR Professional with outstanding interests in quality human resource management practices. He has established himself as a decent brand with a positive outlook and is highly interested in sharing knowledge with HR Professionals in Ghana's mining .
Nov 14, 2018· Redundancy in the mining areas are quite handsome and a lot of them deposited their receipt in this vehicle and now what we see is what we are seeing. ... (SEC) and the Bank of Ghana.
TENSION is mounting at Abosso Goldfields Limited (AGL), the second largest mining company in Ghana, following a misunderstanding that has arisen between the management on one side and both the senior and junior staff associations on the other, resulting in what the workers described as indefinite suspension of all mining activities.
If no, are the taxation authorities in Ghana considering the adoption of this interpretation of economic employer in the future? No. Ghana does not adopt the economic employer approach. Typically an employee is liable to Ghana income tax based on income earned in .
May 21, 2018· "We expect to finish with the redundancy process within the next six months. The programme covers 39 junior staff and 11 senior staff," he said. Owere Mines Limited was a Ghanaian/Australian-owned mining company that started full operations in 2009 at the Asante Akyem North Municipality of the Ashanti Region.
Ghana's capital markets are regulated by the SEC, which has the legal mandate to protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities market and the GSE. There is also the Ghana Alternative Market (GAX), which is a parallel market to the GSE and which focuses on small and medium-sized enterprises that have potential, including start ...
The large-scale mining industry in Ghana employs about 16,000 people, but about a quarter of that workforce is likely to be laid off by the end of this year, as mining companies take critical measures to deal with the falling price of gold.
Mar 13, 2018· The union also accused the mining giant of showing disrespect to legal framework in Ghana that, "typical of their ruthless character as multinationals and their penchant for disregarding host ...
The Ghana Mine Workers Union, GMWU has revealed there has been a 75 percent drop in the year-to-date rate of layoffs in the mining sector. ... Mining industry records a 75% reduction in redundancy ...
This redundancy compensation is in line with prevailing practice in the Ghana mining industry, and is very similar to redundancy packages that have been agreed for recent retrenchment exercises at Bogosu Gold Ltd. (approximately 800 employees), Ashanti's Iduapriem mine (215 employees), and some other mines in Ghana.
Ghana. Resident persons are taxed on their worldwide income, while non-resident persons are taxed on income which has a source in Ghana. Income has a source in Ghana if it accrues in or is derived from Ghana. Resident persons An individual is generally resident for tax purposes if that individual is present: in Ghana for an aggregate period of 183
Mar 08, 2018· The Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMWU) has announced a series of strikes in solidarity with 2,150 mineworkers who face retrenchments at Gold Fields Ghana Limited Tarkwa mine – about 200km from Accra. There will be strikes on 13 March at Tarkwa and Damang, a sympathy strike by mining workers on 20 March, and a general strike on 27 March.
The Income Tax Bill, 2013, which was passed by Ghana's Parliament on 24 July 2015, was assented to by the President on 1 September 2015. The Act was ... been replaced with the word "Redundancy pay" in the new Act. This is consistent with the term used in ... mining, agro processing, tourism, information
May 22, 2018· Redundancy programme In 2013, about 330 employees were laid-off as part of measures by management of the gold mining company to realign and restructure its operations, thus placing the company on ...