The minister-nominee for Employment and Labour relations, Ignatius Baffuor-Awuah says he will investigate the cause of the delay in payment of tier two pension allowances. According to him, he will...
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I’ll Investigate 2nd Tier Pension Issues
The minister-nominee for Employment and Labour relations, Ignatius Baffuor-Awuah says he will investigate the cause of the delay in payment of tier two pension allowances. According to him, he will...
Investigate Second Tier Pension Scheme
The Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has appealed to government to investigate the why workers five percent contribution towards the second tier...
Prepare For Unrest If Our Needs Are Not Met
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association (CLOSSAG) has made it clear to the Employment Minister-designate it would not hesitate to fight him with labour unrest if he develops cold feet...
SSINT Warns Against Non-Payment of Workers’ Contribution
The Corporate Affairs Manager of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Eva Amegashie says employers who do not pay their workers are flouting the stipulations of the National Pensions...
Thyssenkrupp Labor Chief Demands Better Deal Than Port Talbot
Workers at German steelmaker Thyssenkrupp will refuse to pick up the tab for concessions being offered to British unions by Tata Steel to further a merger, Thyssenkrupp's labor chief told Reuters on...
SSNIT Defends 18% Increase In Pension Benefits
The Social Security National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has justified its 18% increment of pension benefits. This is despite complaints of pensioners who had hoped for a higher percentage increase of...
Lack of Data Dragging Payments For Tier 2 Pension Claims
Some practitioners in the pensions industry have blamed the lack of accurate data for the increased controversies surrounding the management of tier two pension schemes among public sector workers....
Lack of Data Dragging Payments For Tier 2 Pension Claims
Some practitioners in the pensions industry have blamed the lack of accurate data for the increased controversies surrounding the management of tier two pension schemes among public sector workers....
SSNIT Shoots Down Imminent Collapse Claims
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has dismissed reports that the fund faces imminent collapse over concerns of operational challenges. According to the pensions’ scheme, it...
IMANI Lists 5 Key Issues Akufo-Addo’s Gov’t Should Tackle
Policy think tank IMANI Ghana has listed some five key areas that it believes the new New Patriotic Party (NPP) government should tackle with urgency. IMANI Ghana in a statement copied...
IMANI Lists 5 Key Issues Akufo-Addo Gov’t Should Tackle
Policy think tank IMANI Ghana has listed some five key areas that it believes the new New Patriotic Party (NPP) government should tackle with urgency. IMANI Ghana in a statement copied...
Auditor General Validating Pension For Unions – Terkper
The Auditor General is validating the pension of some labour unions in the country to enable their fund managers receive the monies on their behalf. The Finance Minister Seth Terkper confirmed this...
Auditor General Validating Pension For Unions – Seth Tekper
The Auditor General is validating the pension of some labour unions in the country to enable their fund managers receive the monies on their behalf. The Finance Minister Seth Tekper confirmed this in...
Gov’t Tight-Lipped Over Value of Tier-2 Funds
Government, on Monday November 21, 2016, transferred September Tier-2 pension monthly deductions to the custodian banks of Public Sector Occupational Pension Schemes. Consequently, the 12 labour...
Government ‘hot’ Over GHC2bn Pension Funds
IT appears government has no money to pay six years accumulated tier-two pension money owed public sector workers. An emergency meeting summoned at Flagstaff House yesterday by President John Dramani...
Labour Unions Threaten Strike Over Pension Deduction
Twelve labour unions have hinted they would embark on a nationwide strike starting Tuesday over the failure of government to pay their five percent Tier II pension deduction. National Association of...
Open Letter To SSNIT, NPRA and All Contributors Under Act 766 of 2008
Open letter to SSNIT, NPRA and all contributors under Act 766 of 2008 It has been six years since the implementation of the Three Tier Pension Scheme Act 766 of 2008. When is Social Security and...
Assets Under Private Pension Funds Hit GH¢6.4 Billion
Total assets under the management of private pension funds have reached GH¢6.4billion as at September this year, Baba Jamal, Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Relations has disclosed. The...
NPRAs Second Zonal Office Opened
The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has opened its second zonal office in Tamale after the first was established in Kumasi. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency said the new...