Zero tolerance for employers not handing over NIS contributions

The trainee inspectors (Ministry of Finance photo)

-Finance Minister tells graduating inspectors

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr Ashni Singh has acknowledged that the NIS still has some ways to go to get its house in order and warned of zero tolerance for employers who fail to submit employees’ contributions.

According to a Ministry of Finance release, the minister delivered these remarks on Tuesday at the National Insurance Scheme’s (NIS) graduation ceremony for twenty new Inspectors, four Customer Service Representatives, two Internal Auditors, and four Nurses for Sick Visitors, held at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre in Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown.