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The Ghana Railways Workers Union has demanded that their three-month salary arrears, as well as over a year’s worth of unpaid SSNIT and Tier-2 contributions, be paid. Godwill Ntarmah, General Secretary of the Railway Workers Union, stated at a press conference in Takoradi that life has become very difficult for …

The Social Security National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says it has retrieved 132 million Ghana Cedis from 2,272 cases filed at the law court within the first half of 2023. The cases were related to employers who failed to honour statutory social security obligations on behalf of their employees. The Director-General …

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has announced an increment in the maximum insurable earnings for 2023 from ¢35,000 to ¢42,000. The increment, according to SSNIT, comes on the back of careful consultation with the National Pensions Regulatory Authority in accordance with Section 63 (3) of the National Pensions Act …

Vice President of IMANI Africa, Bright Simons, has raised doubts about a claim by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia that SSNIT annually saves $30 million used to print SSNIT cards because of the use of the Ghana Card. Bright Simons argues that Dr. Bawumia’s claim suggests that the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) …

The Social Security and National Insurance Scheme (SSNIT) has merged the identity of a total of more than 1.9 million beneficiaries to the National Identification Card (Ghana Card), Mr. Joseph Poku, the Chief Actuary at SSNIT, has disclosed. Mr. Poku said the merger was done between June 28, 2021, to …

The top ten highest paid pensioners in Ghana receive between Ghc142,567.90 to Ghc42,187.83 every month whilst the lowest on the scheme receive between Ghc300 and above, the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has revealed. The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT or the Trust) is a statutory …

Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Kwabena Agyapong has asked the party to pay the gaps in his SSNIT contributions even if they don’t plan on paying him all they owe. Mr Agyapong told host of Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen, Philip Osei Bonsu, in an interview earlier this week …

A group of armed men have been captured on CCTV camera attacking a young woman and making away with her belongings. Footage of the incident which was shared on the social media handle of TV presenter, Giovani Caleb, shows a woman suddenly fleeing from the robbers. In what would be a …

As of September last year, 7,951 criminal cases were pending in court against defaulting employers. We do not take delight in prosecuting employers before the law court. “But it only becomes a necessary last resort when all eligible means to settle the debts have failed,” Ms Emefa Agonyo, SSNIT Public …

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has announced an extension of the deadline for the merger of SSNIT and National Identification (NIA) numbers for members of the scheme. Announcing the extension in a release dated January 5, 2021, the management of SSNIT said the deadline initially fixed for …