INTER TAXATION OF UNIVERSITY STAFF SALARIES: THE ISSUE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

Abstract

The sudden slash of salaries of university staff in Rivers State has in recent times generated a threatening response against Rivers State Government. The argument remains that there was a violation of collective bargaining in the process of inter taxation. Second, there was no fixed ratio on which such measures were taken. Third, it contends with the spirit of service among staff. Against this backdrop then was the paper written. Objective of research was to find out if the petitions of staff were so. The paper was an empirical study on to interviews with 30 staffs from the two universities in the state. Inferred conclusion was that there was the violation of collective bargaining and state corporatism in the inter-taxation process.

Key words: inter-taxation; collective-bargaining

DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/11-7-12

Publication date:March 31^st 2019