BPSA Urges Gov’t to Seek Payment from Businesses Owing NIS Millions
The Barbados Private Sector Association urges the government to go after businesses it says owe the National Insurance Scheme millions of dollars. Chairman of the BPSA, Trisha Tannis, was speaking on VOB’s Down to Brasstacks call-in program in response to a caller who raised the issue of employers failing to make NIS payments on behalf […]
NUPW Concerned About Pension Plans
General Secretary of the National Union of Public Workers Richard Greene is concerned about the plans to reform state pensions. He tells Starcom Network News there could be significant implications for public officers. Mr. Greene supports efforts for greater compliance and for the widest possible contributions. General Secretary of the National Union of Public Workers, […]
Townhall Meeting Addresses NIS Concerns
The top brass of the National Insurance Scheme Board heard the concerns of numerous Barbadians when it held its first town hall meeting at the Combermere School last evening. Among the concerns raised by those who addressed the gathering was the way in which successive governments have used the funds of the National Insurance Scheme […]
Prime Minister Mottley and NIS Chair Assures Barbados Not in Crisis
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is assuring Barbadians that the country is not in a crisis, but says adjustments to the National Insurance Scheme are a necessity at this stage to ensure its survival. She gave the assurance during the press briefing yesterday where it was announced that National Insurance Scheme is unsustainable. At a […]
Government Challenged to Encourage Young People to Contribute to NIS
Youth advocate Pierre Cook Junior is calling on the government to find ways to encourage young people to contribute to the National Insurance Scheme. He was responding to the announcement that the NIS fund could be depleted by the next twelve years. Mr. Cooke who is also the Prime Minister of Barbados National Youth Parliament […]
“Make Them Pay” Say Hotel Workers
A promise made by Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley to use the National Insurance Fund to pay severance to hundreds of former hotel workers and then recover the money from the hotel owners is not finding favour with those demanding to be paid out. Miss Mottley in her address at the Independence Day Parade and […]