NHIA staff to strike over non-payment of salary arrears, discrimination and more

The experts and Allied Workers Marriage (PAWU) of the National Medical health insurance Authority(NHIA) has warned the particular management of the nation’s medical health insurance scheme to take immediate activity and address all excellent issues of concern of the more than 3, 000 staff of the Expert across the country else it will state a nationwide strike. The strong-worded letter addressed towards the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nationwide Health Insurance Authority dated 8th November 2021, raised a number of problems which if not addressed instantly would result in a strike plus laying down of tools. The difficulties include the non-payment of staff salary debts, long-standing discrimination in the execution of staff benefits, refusal of administration to implement staff notch movements, illegal interdiction of staff, no healthcare support for ailing staff amongst other people. “We urge NHIA to speedily consider appropriate measures to avoid a looming industrial upheaval” the letter stated. RiskThe letter, signed by the performing General Secretary of PAWU, Mr. Seth Abloso, mentioned the situation risks affecting the particular impending commemoration of the NHIA because the staff are demoralized and demotivated. The letter stated the Union shares in the disappointment of staff of the undue postpone which fuels the understanding that the management and the Panel of the NHIA are not attentive to the plight of staff. Non-payment associated with salary arrearsThe letter stated, “Staff salary arrears from The month of january to June 2020 keep on being outstanding despite repeated demands for the Authority to fulfill the obligations. ” In 2020, the management of the NHIA after a negotiation with the Marriage approved a salary increment associated with 10%. Management has failed in order to implement this increment and it has not met its area of the agreement. The union continues to be persisted in their request that has fallen on deaf hearing. Staff of the NHIA across the country is certainly speedily losing their individuals as management has coldly refused to pay the staff the debts of 2020. PAWU mentioned strongly in the letter that will “Staff notch movements which should have already been implemented in January 2021 has to date not already been effected”. Management has also did not implement the 3% income notch movement for staff which has been approved in 2018. Unfortunately, management has taken a position of communicating to staff and derelicting on their duty. Collective AgreementThe letter which is requesting to have an urgent standing negotiating panel meeting said the staff Collective Contract (CA) has not been reviewed for approximately four years and plans submitted by the Union never have been responded to by administration. Meanwhile, the CA is because of expire on 31st December 2021DiscriminationThe statement said in spite of the particular discriminatory behaviors by administration, the entire membership of PAWU had exercised patience. This stated that although problems of long-standing discrimination within the implementation of some advantages to staff have been acknowledged simply by management, the urgency needed to address such grievous misuse has not been made manifest as well as the same discrimination persists unabated. The statements noted there are grievance issues of illegal interdiction which require evaluation and resolution Find attached PAWU’s letter of 8th November 2021PAWU-NEWDownloadSource: MyNewsGh. com/2021
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