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The Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations has petitioned the Government over what it described as reluctance in the speedy processing of the amendment of the Persons with Disability Act 2006 (Act 715). In the petition presented to the ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and the National Council on Persons with Disability, the Federation is demanding that Government attaches urgency to the amendment process for the full enjoyment of the rights and privileges o
The Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD) on Tuesday held a stakeholder engagement to deliberate on provisions in the Labour Act that are unfavourable to its members and workers in general.
The engagement was to enable members and stakeholders to collectively outline the provisions for consideration in the ongoing review of the Labour Act.
Members of the GFD are from the Ghana Blind Union, Ghana National Association of the Deaf, Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled, Ghana Association of Persons with Albinism, Mental Health Society of Ghana, and Inclusion Ghana (A group of Persons with Intellectual Disability).
Mr Samuel Agbenyega, Senior Industrial Relations Officer, National Labour Commission (NLC), said employers had the right to terminate appointments when workers violated or went contrary to the provisions of a contract, hence advised people to read and understand the terms of contracts well before signing them.
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The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR) is engaged in broad-based consultations with various groups, including Persons With Disability (PWDs), towards amendment of the Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651).
So far, the ministry has engaged 11 groups with the aim of collecting data on the challenges, deficiencies, ambiguities, among others, that PWDs face when it comes to applying, implementing and enforcing labour laws.
The development has presented the ministry with the opportunity to justify the review of the act.
The groups involved are the Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled, the Ghana Association of Persons with Albinism, the Ghana Burns Survivors Foundation, the Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD) and the National Council for Persons with Disability (NCPD).