The National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) has implored firms and other business organizations to register their employees with the institution so that they benefit from the pensions scheme at the end of their working lives.
Speaking during a seminar for employers held at Great Lake Product (GLP) lodge in Mpulungu on Friday, Lusaka NAPSA area manager, Water Phiri said employers have an obligation to register workers under them and make contributions.
Mr Phiri said that NAPSA exists to serve both the employers and employees while on the hand serving the interests of government.
He noted that misconceptions that social security schemes are meant to make people rich after retirement must be avoided by all progressive Zambians because social security schemes exist to enable people maintain an acceptable standard of living after retirement.
He further said that even those with maids, garden boys and other domestic workers at their homes must come forward and register the workers under the scheme.
And speaking during the same meeting, Benefits Manager, Nobby Simutanda said NAPSA has decentralized its claims to ensure as many people as possible access their benefits within the shortest period of time.
He said payments are now made at local banks as opposed to the long queues people were subjected to in the past.
ZANIS
Education!…Sorry to say but most Zedians are so ignorant when it comes to such social matters. No long term planning but simply dreaming of making it big overnight without putting in any effort at all. Just as it was in the begining, and so shall it be in the end. Lord help Zambia…
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