Dear Editor,
Further to your observations in the SN editorial of August 2, I am writing to agree totally with your statement: “Indeed, it is doubtful that a single day goes by without someone having to face claim-related problems associated with employer non-remittance of contributions. The practice affects the poorest of the poor, people who have little or no alternative savings, most severely. It is, to say the least, a travesty.”
It has come to my attention that several government agencies whether under this administration or the previous one have been guilty of misleading their trusting employees, who seemed to be under the impression their NIS payments were being submitted because of the advice on their pay slips.
Unfortunately most did not retain these valuable pieces of paper and only found out about the apparent non-payment when they were approaching retirement age.
It seems a fairly straightforward undertaking to merely check past records, but as a disgruntled, RoseHall, GuySuCo worker observed it serves neither the NIS nor GuySuCo’s interest to acknowledge contributions as both would “lose-out” financially.
Yours faithfully,
Dionne Fries
