The Progressive People's Party (PPP) has requested the government to give workers a living wage, which is defined as a minimum salary that allows people to satisfy their fundamental necessities.
It claimed that providing a living wage would enable employees to earn enough money to maintain a comfortable quality of living.
According to the Party, this would also avoid recurrent labour unrest.
The call is in honour of the May Day celebrations in 2022, also known as Labour Day.
The day is observed every year to honour the accomplishments of employees.
For 2021 and 2022, the National Tripartite Committee (NTC) increased the daily minimum wage to GHS12.53 and GHS13.53, respectively.
The previous daily minimum wage was GHS11.82.
"We feel that the Ghanaian worker needs a living wage and not a minimum wage in order to better their living situations," PPP National Secretary Remy Paa Kow Edmundson said in a statement.
"The government must strive to provide sufficient compensation to Ghanaian employees and resolve discrepancies in the pay structure of all workers," it continued.
As a result, the Party requested that the Government utilise the event to focus on tackling issues of unemployment and dealing with the challenges that workers face in order to have a workforce willing to sacrifice for Ghana's progress.
"We know that giving workers what they deserve would help the government get the labour cooperation it needs to carry out the State's goal," the Party added.
It stated that the event's goal had not altered, but that "the government has turned a blind eye to the demands of workers and has failed to serve their interests."
The statement also stated that, after several years of commemoration, Ghana's unemployment rate remained high, with Ghanaian workers still receiving and profiting from the event's importance.
"For example, to paraphrase former President John Agyekum Kuffuor, the government pretends to pay workers while workers pretend to work," it stated.
"This condition is harming the country in a number of ways," it said, "including low productivity, nepotism, clientelism, political patronage, corruption, indiscipline, societal impunity among the labour force, and low economic growth."
As a result, the Party has urged the government to take steps to solve the difficulties that impact Ghanaian workers in order to boost productivity and contribute to national development
The founding of Labour Day is typically connected with commemorating the successes of the labour movement and calling for actions to guarantee that workers' rights are upheld.
It is also to guarantee that workers' terrible working circumstances, such as low pay and salaries, long hours of work, pensions, housing, insurance, and unemployment, are addressed.