NATIONAL SALARIES, INCOMES AND WAGES COMMISSION ACT
Section 6: Operational arms of the Commission and their duties.
(1) The Commission shall have at its discretion, the following operational arms and agencies, that is-
(a) the Pay Research unit;
(b) the Incomes Analysis Unit;
(c) the Wages and Productivity Unit;
(d) the Price Intelligence Agency; and
(e) the Job Evaluation and Grading Unit.
(2) The Pay Research Unit shall be responsible to the Commission of-
(a) collecting and analysing data on the cost of living, productivity, levels of pay in the private sector and such other data as would enable it determine the extent of adjustments (if any) to be made in wages structure in the public service;
(b) carrying out such other duties as may be assigned to it, from time to time, by the Commission.
(3) The Incomes Analysis Unit shall be responsible to the Commission for-
(a) making inquiries into the various aspects of income distribution as well as changes in the pattern of distribution of income in the form of wages, profits, rents, dividends and collecting data relative thereto;
(b) conducting investigations relating to inter-personal and regional distribution of income and collecting data relative thereto;
(c) analysing profits, rents, dividends and other non-wage incomes in order to enable the Commission determine appropriate guidelines relative thereto; and
(d) carrying out such other duties as may be assigned to it, from time to time, by the Commission.
(4) The Wages and Productivity Unit shall be responsible to the Commission for-
(a) evaluating, on a continuing basis, trends in wages, productivity and economic growth with a view to providing the Commission with such information as would enable the Commission determine permissible increases in wages in the private sector;
(b) where so directed by the Commission, promoting and assisting to implement schemes for raising productivity in public and private enterprises; and
(c) carrying out such other duties as may be assigned to it, from time to time, by the Commission.
(5) The Price Intelligence Agency shall be responsible to the Commission for-
(a) studying and interpreting price movements (including re-sale price maintenance) on a continuing basis; and
(b) carrying out such other duties of a similar nature to the foregoing as may be assigned to it, from time to time, by the Commission.
Cite this section
Section 6, NATIONAL SALARIES, INCOMES AND WAGES COMMISSION ACT (1993).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/national-salaries-incomes-and-wages-commission-act/section/6/