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Labour relations expert, Mr. Benjamin Arthur, has been appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the Chief Executive of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC).

Mr. Arthur is a labour administration, employment service and labour relations specialist.

He is also a certified mediator, alternative dispute resolution and workplace conflict management practitioner, with a strong research background.

Mr Arthur holds a Master of Arts Degree from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration and the Kofi Annan Peacekeeping Traning Centre; an Executive Masters degree from the Institute of Paralegal Training and Leadership Studies, Accra; and a Professional Executive Masters degree from the PULSE Institute (Calgary, Canada) and Mediation Training Institute International (Kansas City, USA).

He also holds a First Degree in Civil Engineering from KNUST (then UST), and practised as a Civil Structural Engineer for 23 years.

He is a corporate member of the Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE).

Until his appointment at FWSC, Mr. Arthur was working as a European Union TAT Labour Administration Expert for the Technical Assistance Project on Employment Coordination Functions under the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations.

His other key areas of expertise are: Labour Audits, Inspections and Measurement of Industrial Strikes/Lockouts, Collective Bargaining and Negotiations, and ISO Records Management.

Mr Arthur joins FWSC at a crucial time when the country’s Agency for public service salaries is considering an overhaul of the Single Spine Pay Policy after ten years of implementation.