The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has given management and the government final demands over the delayed approval and payment of the 2026 salary review for Judicial Service staff.
In a letter, the National Executive Council (NEC) of JUSAG resolved to demand approval of the Judicial Council’s recommendations on the 2026 salary review by the end of October 2026.
It also wants the reviewed salaries paid in November 2026, together with arrears from January to October 2026.
The Association says the hardship among its members is real and their patience is exhausted.
JUSAG explained that the conditions of service of Judicial Service staff, comprising judicial officers and executive officers, are governed by Article 149 of the 1992 Constitution and the Judicial Service (Terms and Conditions of Service) Regulations, 2025 (C.I. 141).
Under these provisions, the President determines salaries and conditions of service on the advice of the Judicial Council, and Regulation 25 requires an annual review.
According to the Association, the last salary review expired in December 2025, after which it wrote to the Judicial Council requesting a review for 2026.
The Council concluded its work and submitted its advice to the President for determination.
JUSAG says it wrote to the Judicial Council on January 19, 2026, to expedite the process, but little progress resulted.
It sent a further reminder to Management on September 10, 2026.
The Association says it also made public appeals for the process to be expedited.
These were made at its 2nd Quadrennial Delegates’ Conference in Tamale in August 2026, the 45th AMJG Conference in Accra in September 2026, and the Chief Justice’s Staff Durbar in Tamale in September 2026.
JUSAG says the appeals have been met with only assurances, with no concrete step yet towards approving the Judicial Council’s recommendations or paying the reviewed salaries.
The Association noted that colleagues elsewhere in the public sector had their new 2026 salaries approved and paid in January.
It said that in the tenth month of the year, its members are still waiting, “patiently, but no longer quietly,” a situation it says has heightened tension and dampened morale among Judicial Service staff.
JUSAG also pointed out that while Organised Labour is already negotiating base pay for 2027, Judicial Service staff are yet to receive their reviewed base pay and allowances for 2026.
It argued that such prolonged delay and uncertainty defeat the principles underpinning salary determination under the new legal regime established by C.I. 141.
The Association said it is mindful of the consequences of industrial action for justice delivery and, by extension, national security.
It said it has consistently urged its aggrieved members to exercise restraint while working with Management towards prompt approval and payment of the reviewed salaries.