Auditor General Exposes How State House, DP’s Office Broke Employment Laws
State House and the Office of the Deputy President are under scrutiny for violating several employment laws during the 2023/2024 financial year, according to a recent report by the Office of the Auditor General.
The report revealed that members of staff in State House and the Office of the Deputy President earned a net salary of less than one-third of their basic salary during that period, which breached the Employment Act 2007.
According to the report, 78 members of staff in State House and 42 members in the Office of the Deputy President received a net salary of less than one-third of their basic pay.
Section 19 of the Employment Act 2007 states that all deductions made by an employer from the wages or salaries of employees shall not exceed two-thirds of their total wages or salaries at any given time.
“Analysis of the payroll records for the year under review revealed that seventy-eight (78) members of staff earned a net salary of less than a third of their basic salary. This was contrary to Section 19(3) of the Employment Act, 2007 (Revised 2012),” the report stated.
“It provides that the total amount of all deductions that may be made by an employer from the wages of an employee at any one time shall not exceed two-thirds of such wages or such additional or other amount as may be prescribed by the minister, either generally or in relation to a specified employer or employee, class of employees or class of employers, or any trade or industry,” it added
