The Head of Operations on the Ghana Digital Center, David Antwi Ofori, has referred to as for a regulatory framework to guard Ghanaians working remotely.
Speaking on the significance of regulating this area, Mr. Ofori Antwi highlighted that, although remote jobs may scale back the nation’s unemployment fee, regulation will probably be wanted to guard Ghanaians from being exploited by international corporations.
“Although remote jobs supply Ghanaians employment alternatives, there is extra work to be achieved in phrases of regulating this area to guard residents who at the moment are changing into acquainted and embracing remote jobs exterior of the nation to keep away from exploitation.”
Mr. Ofori Antwi who made the decision on Joy Business Social, additional remarked that the absence of a correct regulation might impact the well being of the folks and the financial system as a complete.
“As a rustic, we are able to have our brightest and sharpest skills working remotely for corporations in Europe, however are we ensuring that they’re not benefiting from these folks for a experience? When these remote staff develop outdated, they’ll definitely depend upon Ghana’s well being care system. Who will be sure that they do not develop ailment as results of working remotely?” he requested.
He additionally cited demonstrations over unfavourable working situations and improper compensations by experience-hailing drivers not solely in Ghana as a transparent instance of a number of the results of lack of regulation in the remote working area.
A Human Resource skilled, Samuel Stephen Adjei suggested staff who interact in remote jobs to demand full disclosure of their contracts and all mandatory working advantages and compensations because of the absence of a regulatory system to guard them.
“Currently, there is no particular legislation governing remote works. Acts 651 does not make point out of remote jobs however stresses on working situations. For now, each worker should look out for the appropriate working situations in their supply. For occasion, if you’re a remote employee, you ought to be involved concerning the ergonomics of your work area, its hazards and well being dangers in addition to compensations”, he identified.
“Though remote jobs have been in existence because the final decade, the Covid-19 pandemic popularised the phrase ‘working from residence’. Since then, lots of people have grow to be accustomed to remote jobs and BPO actions”, he added.
For Ghana, the sighting of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement Centre (AfCFTA) and tech giants like Twitter and Google will create many remote working alternatives, he stated, including, the nation’s capacity to formulate the appropriate legal guidelines and rules to manipulate this ecosystem will decide the nation’s readiness to guide this new working pattern and make the nation a BPO Centre in Africa.
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