Minister in the Ministry of Social Protection Simona Broomes has told the Stabroek Business that she expects to meet with both the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) “as early as possible in October” to deal with matters pertaining to her ongoing interface with workplaces as regards employer/employee relations.
Broomes told this newspaper that part of the focus of these engagements would be to seek to get the help of the business support organizations in persuading their members and the business community as a whole “to treat fairly and honestly with their workers and to create conditions that would serve as an incentive for those workers to perform.”
And Broomes disclosed that she would also be communicating with the General Manager of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) with a view to engaging the entity on the matter of employer remittance of employee NIS contributions. Because, “Frankly, I fail to see why we must continue to
