The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has started a mass inspection and registration exercise

The exercise which is to check out for employers who do not pay their employees SSNIT contributions begun from October 8, 2018 and ends on December 7, 2018.

Speaking at the commencement of the exercise in Accra, the Deputy Director-General, Operations and Benefits (DDG-Ops & Benefits), Mrs Laurette Korkor Otchere,emphasized the need for all employers to pay their workers SSNIT contributions.

According to her,it is the right of every working person in Ghana to have their employers pay their monthly social security contributions to SSNIT so they are not “left out” when they are due to retire.

"Employers who fail to register their workers are opening themselves up to possible prosecution" she said adding that prosecution could be the last resort as the Trust was more interested in retrieving workers contributions rather than sending employers to jail.

She said, the mass inspection and registration exercise will be climaxed with a “Hit the street campaign” from November 26 to 30, 2018.

"During the "Hit the street campaign, staff of each Branch of the Trust will pay visits to establishments within their locality with the aim of ensuring that each worker is duly registered on the SSNIT Pension Scheme" she added

Mrs Otchere said,the mass inspection and registration exercise was one of the many proactive approaches being used by the Trust to help it fulfill the key object of ensuring that all establishments and employees are registered and pay the required social security contributions.

She added that, the exercise will hinge on a three-prong approach of; Knowing or identifying the status of businesses and registering those not registered with SSNIT, Identifying and registering all unregistered workers within the inspected establishments and Inspecting employer records to ensure compliance with the Pensions Act.