SSNIT TAKES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST 7,951 EMPLOYERS

February 4, 2022
3 years ago

As of September last year, 7,951 criminal cases were pending in court against defaulting bosses. We do not take enchant in arraigning bosses some time recently the law court.



“But it as it were gets to be a vital last resort when all qualified implies to settle the obligations have fizzled,” Ms Emefa Agonyo, SSNIT Open Relations Officer, said at the Ghana News Organization discourse stage on Thursday.


Talking on the subject: “Sustainability of the SSNIT Plot: Measures, Arrangement Interventions to deal with it,” Ms Agonyo said through the prosecutions a add up to of GHC230 million cedis was recovered from the cases that were effectively arraigned.


Ms Agonyo stressed that SSNIT Administration moreover must guarantee that the social security commitment (Level 1) of laborers were properly paid by their bosses.



“When managers default, particularly after they have been locked in and reengaged, it’s imperative the law takes its full course since each laborer includes a right to be paid their social security commitment,” Ms Agonyo expressed.


She clarified that some time recently SSNIT picked for prosecutions, they locked in the defaulting companies and entered into an assention with their administration on the terms of installment.


She said when bosses along these lines defaulted indeed within the terms of installment understanding, they were categorized and a list of defaulters distributed within the national dailies some time recently taking the arraignment choice.



With respect to obligations owed to the Believe, Ms Agonyo said Administration of SSNIT had not yielded in its endeavors to recover all overdue debts owed the Plot by managers.


“Since we depend on commitments to pay benefits, we continually put in measures to strengthen our compliance endeavors to decrease obligation owed. This would, in turn, make strides the sustainability of the Conspire,” she famous.


Mr Francis Ameyibor, Ghana News Organization Tema Regional Director, on his portion, called for engagement between state and non-state on-screen characters and the media to guarantee that the open is well-educated on national issues.



He, in this manner, commended SSNIT for collaborating with the GNA for the dispersal of news on its operations.


Mr Ameyibor encouraged the open, particularly laborers within the private segment, to be inquisitive about the installment of their commitment to SSNIT.