The National Tripartite Committee Begins 2025 Wage Negotiations

The National Tripartite Committee begins 2025 wage negotiations according to an official statement released by the spokesperson of the President, Felix Kwakye Ofosu.

As citizens, we know that The National Tripartite Committee is a regulatory body here in our country Ghana that plays a major role in determining the national daily minimum wage and promoting employment development and peace in the labor sector. The National Tripartite Committee Begins 2025 Wage Negotiations as released in an official statement. 

Officially, The National Tripartite Committee including representatives from the government, Organised Labour/Association, and employers begun its discussion to set the minimum wage for 2025.

The National Tripartite Committee on Monday, February 3rd, 2025 started the negotiations which are aimed at determining the minimum wage rate for the upcoming year. Following the minimum wage negotiations, talks will extend to the base pay for the public sector salaries. Mr. Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the acting spokesperson to the President noted that the negotiations for both wages categories are behind the schedule.

Under the Public Financial Management (PFM) Act, they were expected to be concluded by April 2024 to inform the 2025 national budget. The delay in finalizing these negotiations has prompted concerns about its potential impact on the 2025 budget planning process. “The government is calling on social partners government, employers and organised labour to work expeditiously to complete the negotiations on time”, the released statement said.

The possible outcome of the negotiations is expected to influence economic planning and wage adjustments across the various sectors in the country. In accordance with section 113(1)(a) of the labour Act, 2003  (Act 651), the National Tripartite Committee increased the national daily minimum wage from GHS14.88 to GHS18.15 effective January 1, 2024.

Again from the statement, both the delayed minimum wage and base pay for the 2025 financial year are expected to be completed soon as it was scheduled to be completed in April 2024. Also, the government led by His Excellency John Mahama is calling on all social partners to work quickly to complete this negotiation.

Below is the full statement from the National Tripartite Committee:

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