About 700,000 employees losing savings to defaulting employers

In the current wave of amends, NSSF intends to recover sh164b from about 28,143 employers by the year-end, and sh30b between March 10 and May 11, supported by a waiver of the entire financial penalty.

According to the latest state of social protection report by the gender and labour ministry, 6.2% of Uganda’s working population (25.49 million) received at least one social protection benefit just like that provided by NSSF and the Public Service Pension Scheme.

By: Ivan Tibenkana, Journalist @New Vision

KAMPALA - The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has set a two-month window, until May 11, for all defaulting employers to clear their outstanding contributions, including the accrued

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About 700,000 employees losing savings to defaulting employers

In the current wave of amends, NSSF intends to recover sh164b from about 28,143 employers by the year-end, and sh30b between March 10 and May 11, supported by a waiver of the entire financial penalty.

According to the latest state of social protection report by the gender and labour ministry, 6.2% of Uganda’s working population (25.49 million) received at least one social protection benefit just like that provided by NSSF and the Public Service Pension Scheme.

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