February 8, 2023

Over one-third of all workers are regularly working more than 48 hours per week – a new ILO report reveals

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has released new report “Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World” which provides a comprehensive review of working hours and working time arrangements and their effects on workers’ work-life balance. Improving and facilitating work–life balance has become an increasing focus for policymakers in recent decades. This need increased with […]

December 20, 2022

GEA END OF YEAR MESSAGE

Dear Cherished Member, As we come to the end of 2022, the Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA) expresses its sincere appreciation to you for your commitment & support towards the activities of the Association. Despite the numerous unforeseen macroeconomic challenges that confronted businesses this year, GEA stepped up efforts to safeguard the interests of all members […]

December 13, 2022

GEA appoints Mr. Michael Bozumbil as Acting Treasurer

The Council of the Ghana Employers’ Association has appointed Mr. Michael Bozumbil as the Acting Treasurer of the Association. Mr. Bozumbil is the founder and CEO of award-winning Oil Marketing Company, Petrosol Ghana Limited. He has over twenty (20) years’ experience in petroleum downstream business management starting from fuel retail outlet management through field operations […]

December 1, 2022

GEA and Organized Labour proffer policy recommendations to restore macroeconomic stability in Ghana

The Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA), Trades Union Congress (TUC), and Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL) have held policy discussions and proffered policy recommendations to Government on measures and strategies to restore Ghana’s macroeconomic stability. The key focus areas of the various recommendations centered on the following: adherence to strict Fiscal consolidation measures ensuring debt restoration […]

December 1, 2022

Ghana, Togo and Nigeria begin discussions to harmonize Occupational Standards in Agriculture and Construction Sectors

A technical Working Group composed of representatives of Government, Workers’ and Employers’ organizations from Ghana, Togo and Nigeria met to discuss strategies to increase skills portability in West Africa through skills partnership on migration. The Technical Working Group validated and reviewed harmonized minimum occupational standards in the agriculture and construction sectors. The expected outcome of […]

November 4, 2022

GEA and NLC train Mediators and Arbitrators in Ghana

The Ghana Employers Association (GEA) in collaboration with the National Labour Commission (NLC) held a two-day capacity-building workshop for Mediators and Arbitrators in the country. The workshop aimed at improving the work of Mediators and Arbitrators to strengthen the dispute resolution value chain for expeditious facilitation of justice. The training also sought to train the […]

November 4, 2022

Challenges of businesses and workers: GEA and TUC hold bipartite discussions

The Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA) and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Ghana held a bipartite meeting to discuss the current macroeconomic challenges confronting both employers and workers in the country. The meeting was attended by the leadership and representatives of GEA, Organized Labour, the Association of Ghana Industries, the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry, […]

October 17, 2022

GEA holds 8th Women in HR Conference

The Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA) held its flagship Women in HR Conference with a call on female Human Resource (HR) practitioners to build corporate resilience in the post-COVID recovery period. The two-day event, which was held on October 12-13, 2022 on the theme, “Building Corporate Resilience in the Post-COVID Recovery Period – The Role of […]

October 10, 2022

PUM Netherlands Senior Experts pay a courtesy call on GEA

Earlier today, two (2) PUM Senior Executives, Mr. Ton Voortman and Ms. Henrietta Amissah paid a courtesy call on GEA at the Association’s Secretariat in North Ridge, Accra. The primary objective of the meeting was to discuss how various industries and members organizations of the GEA can benefit from the PUM Senior Experts Programme in […]

September 26, 2022

Forestry Commission wins GEA Trainer of the Year Award

At the recent Trainer of the Year Awards ceremony held by the Ghana Employers’ Association at its 62nd Annual General Meeting, the Forestry Commission was adjudged the GEA top trainer for the year 2021. The Commission emerged 1st out of 10 other organizations that trained the highest number of its staff on the Association’s learning […]