What is the Minimum Wage in Ghana 2025?
What is the minimum wage in Ghana 2025? If you are working for a government agency or a private institution in Ghana, there is a need for you to know the minimum amount that you are expected to earn.
It is within your right to get paid nothing less than the minimum wage in Ghana. In fact, the minimum wage is a law that is meant to guard Ghanaians working in both the government and private sectors.
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What is a Minimum Wage?
Minimum wages have been defined as “the minimum amount of remuneration that an employer is required to pay wage earners for the work performed during a given period, which cannot be reduced by collective agreement or an individual contract.
To protect workers, the government of Ghana has set up the minimum wage to protect Ghanaians from extortion. By law, all workers are not expected to earn below the stipulated minimum wage. In fact, it is considered a crime for an employer to pay its workers below the minimum wage.
Minimum Wage in Ghana
The National Tripartite Committee (NTC) in line with section 113 (1)(a) of the Labour Act, 2023 (Act 651) effective, January 1, 2024, has increased the national daily minimum wage from GH₵14.88 to GH₵18.15 to.
All establishments, institutions, or organisations whose daily minimum wage is below the national daily minimum wage the Commission has said should adjust their wages accordingly.
Following the implementation of the new minimum wage, they have been an upward review of salaries of workers in Ghana.
The minimum wage is set by the National Tripartite Committee, which is made up of representatives from the government, employers, and trade unions. The minimum wage is reviewed regularly to account for economic changes.
The minimum wage is intended to cover basic needs, but it may not be enough to live comfortably in urban areas.
Conclusion
The new minimum wage is aimed at improving productivity in both the public and private sectors of the Ghanaian economy. It is also aimed to protect workers against unduly low pay. With this implementation, Ghanaian workers will surely be smiling to the bank at the end of the month.
