Blows at NVTI over promotions
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Some staff of the National Vocational and Technical Institute (NVTI) are up in arms against management over new rules governing promotions.
The workers, who are set to hold a press conference on the issue tomorrow, are of the view that the new policy on promotions is not in line with Articles 2 and 48 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), and for that matter contradicts the CBA.
The workers say the failure of management to promote them is denying them financial rewards in the form of allowances that go with promotions.
The aggrieved workers threatened massive demonstration against the Executive Director, Mr Stephen Bismarck Amponsah, to call for his head.
Reacting to the allegations, Ms Alice Dolly, Human Resource Manager of NVTI, told The Finder that, this year, 37 staff were recommended for promotions nationwide.
She explained that 15 of them were promoted to Senior Training Officer level, 14 promoted to Training Officer level while eight could not be promoted because they did not meet the qualifications required.
She explained that the Collective Bargaining Agreement of NVTI states that after three years at a position, a worker qualifies for promotion, but it did not define the qualification needed to move to the next level.
According to her, because of this development, when the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP) came into being, workers of NVTI were graded low.
He said management of NVTI had to engage the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) to raise the levels staff were placed at.
For example, she said training officer was moved from level 10 to 15 after negotiations.
Ms Dolly told The Finder that promotions to the next level under the Single Spine Pay Policy require specific qualifications.
As a result, management held a roundtable discussion with staff, after which a Policy Manual on promotions was developed to fall in line with the demands of FWSC.
However, on August 28, 2015, NVTI’s Public Service Workers Union of TUC, in a resolution, called on management to withdraw the new policy on promotions.
The workers also demanded that the Executive Director, Mr Amponsah, should not sit on panels that interview staff.
Ms Dolly said management wrote to the workers to specify portions of the policy that they disagree with instead of calling for total withdrawal of the policy, and added that they are awaiting the response of workers.
-The Finder
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The Executive Director himself was not qualifed before his promotion. Govt publisbed that applicant must hold masters qualification witb ten years working experience that was in 2006 but he graduated in 2007 but was misteriuoly employed