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Regional News from Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Source: SSNIT
2019-04-02
The charge, which covered the months of December 2018 and February 2019, amounted to approximately GH ¢ 985,912.
The Social Security and National Insurance Fund (SSNIT), in the Tamale region, has sent out signals to all employers who do not comply with their obligations under the 2008 Law on national pensions (Law 766), according to which the Fund will apply the law to them when they retire.
The Trust's Tamale region, which includes the northern, northeastern and north-western regions, has sued 77 employers for failing to pay social security contributions on behalf of their workers, for failing to registered their employees and for failing to submit their contribution declarations.
The charge, which covered the months of December 2018 and February 2019, amounted to approximately 985,912 GH ¢; Of this sum, a total amount of approximately GH ¢ 725,923 was recovered from 45 employers.
Twenty-four employers are at different stages of the judicial process. Of the 77 defendants, 69 failed to pay employee contributions, four employers did not register their employees, and four did not submit contribution reports.
Article 64 (1) of Law 766 provides: "An employer shall pay thirteen and one-half per cent of the total contributions of eighteen per cent and one-half paid to the first level of the compulsory social security scheme within fourteen days of the each end of the month to the Trust. "However, some employers do not comply with this directive, the SSNIT is obliged to resort to the courts.
According to the SSNIT regional representative for companies at SSNIT, Mr. Avota Wede Abanyizuri, when an employer fails to comply with this obligation, the Trust imposes a penalty on the expected amount and a notice of request is sent to the company. employer with a grace period of 30 days. days and sometimes 10 additional days to allow employers to redeem themselves.
"In addition, we visit employers and respond to calls to encourage them to pay, but some of them are recalcitrant and if this happens, we have no choice but to choose. 39, involve the courts to recover the amount, "said Abanyizuri.
He drew the employers' attention to the fact that the money paid into the Trust Fund corresponds to employee contributions. "Remember that a deduction was taken from the employee's base salary." This deduction must be kept in trust by the employer and paid to SSNIT at the agreed time, which will greatly contribute to ensure the future of employees when they retire, "he added.
Mr. Abanyizuri stated that the Trust would continue to engage employers to pay the employees' contributions in sufficient quantity. He called on employees to also take responsibility for their future by asking the necessary questions and getting involved in their rights and what is their due. "Go into any SSNT office and you will receive all the support you need," he added.
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