Waive Taxes On Overtime- ICU Gen. Secretary

The General Secretary of Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) Ghana, Mr. Solomon Kotei has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo -Addo to consider the plight of workers and abolish tax on overtime.

According to him, the imposition of tax on overtime was disincentive for workers to work extra hours to meet the production target of their employers.

Mr. Solomon Kotei who was speaking at the ICU Ghana's 10th Quadrennial Delegates Conference in the Ashanti Regional capital Kumasi spoke against employers who deliberately sack staff and turn around to employ casual workers to replace them.

He was emphatic that some employers have taken undue advantage of the permissibility of the law to contract workers on casual basis in their bid to collapse permanent employment structure especially in the private sector in order to reap supernormal profits at the detriment of Ghanaian worker.

He explained that ICU has taken a serious view of the issue and as a result would discuss it extensively at the meeting.

Mr Kotei stated between 2012 and 2016 workers and employers as well Ghanaians were burdened with high taxes in a form of petroleum tax, communication tax, financial services tax, excessive import duties, excessive corporate tax, high interest rate and among others.

These nuisance taxes, he said, made transacting business in Ghana became extremely costly stressing that it made life also difficult for majority of Ghanaians.

He, therefore, commended the current government for abolishing some of the taxes, which to some extent brought relief to workers.

Story By: Michael Creg Afful

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