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Security companies given one-month ultimatum
2005-07-23 07:33:53
By Joyce Mkinga
Local security companies have been given one month to remit their employees’ contributions to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) or risk deregistration and other legal measures.
The companies have not remitted more than 1.1bn/- to the NSSF.
Addressing a news conference at the Police Headquarters in Dar es Salaam yesterday, Spokesman Aden Mwamunyange warned that security companies contravening operational conditions would be deregistered.
We are giving them thirty days to put their houses in order.
The companies would not be allowed to operate anywhere in the country, unless we are satisfied that all conditions have been fulfilled, Mwamunyange told reporters.
He ordered NSSF officials to submit the names of all security companies which had not remitted members deductions and gave them up to August 21, to have cleared any amount outstanding.
Mwamunyange also warned that there were complaints from people employed by security groups that they were receiving a salary less than the government minimum wage of 60,000/-.
He said the employees had also complained that their contributions to the NSSF were not submitted to the security fund, warning that the companies were breaking the law.
According to the NSSF Act of 1997, companies are required to contribute 20 per cent of an employee’s salary to the NSSF.
This means 10 per cent from the employee and 10 per cent from the employer.
Mwamunyange said the companies had also deliberately refused to give permanent employment to their workers for no sufficient reasons, even when an employee had worked for years.
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