JUSSAG will be given critical services status- Haruna Idrisu

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April 1, 2016 8:24 PM

The minister said this to the gathering of executives of the Judicial Service workers and the press in a crunch meeting on Friday.

Supreme Court, Ghana

Labour and Employment minister, Haruna Idrisu has promised to give judicial workers the status of essential services given how crucial their services are to the delivery of justice.

The meeting was to discuss the grievances of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana(JUSSAG) who had declared an indefinite strike over the failure of government to implement the consolidation of their salaries beginning 1st of April 2016.

Their decision followed a one month ultimatum given to government at the beginning to ensure their demands were met.

JUSSAG has however called of the strike after assurance by the labour minister Haruna Iddrisu to address their concerns.

The minister mentioned government’s plans to classify Judicial workers as part of essential service workers, in order to give them the requisite attention that comes with the status.

“Government recognizes that justice delivery is essential in order to maintain the peace and sanity of society. Having the Judicial Service Workers on strike does not ogre well for our society. In view of this, I am minded that government is looking at urgently reviewing its policy on Judicial and Legal Service providers in order to consider them as essential and critical service providers under the labour laws and to give them the needed conditions as critical service providers. This will help us in the foreseeable future to debar them from going on strike, just as critical service providers”, Haruna Idrisu said.

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