The Chief Executive of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), Ing. Ben Arthur, has written to the Controller and Accountant-General to instruct some staff of the state broadcaster to refund some allowances said to be wrongfully paid to them.
According to FWSC, the affected staff have received a total of GH¢2,084,020 allowances within a year which they weren’t supposed to have received.
This information on the alleged GH¢2,084,020 ‘unearned’ allowances to some GBC staff was discovered during a nationwide payroll monitoring exercise by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission.
In a letter to the Controller and Accountant-General, FWSC indicated that the allowances were not supposed to have been paid because the staff were not entitled to them.
“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 affected staff include those who received Vehicle Maintenance Allowance and GBC Computer Special Allowance.
According to Ing. Arthur, these should be taken off the payroll.
It said the latter, for instance, has never been determined by the Employer and was consolidated into the basic salary after the migration of GBC staff into the Single Spine Salary Structure.
Some staff below the rank of Director are also said to be receiving allowances for items such as rent, domestic servant cleaner, housing, entertainment and utility in contravention of Category 4 Allowances.
“This should be stopped and taken off the payroll.”
The situation is said to be generating agitations among workers at GBC.
Find the Statement on the 2023 Nationwide Payroll Monitoring Exercise Below
