{"id":20483,"date":"2024-06-13T14:41:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T14:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20483"},"modified":"2024-06-13T14:42:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T14:42:37","slug":"vice-president-jagdeo-warns-security-companies-over-nis-deductions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/vice-president-jagdeo-warns-security-companies-over-nis-deductions\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice President Jagdeo Warns Security Companies Over NIS Deductions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Nakasia Logan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has issued a stern warning to security companies regarding the proper handling of employees&#8217; National Insurance Scheme (NIS) contributions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This announcement follows the launch of an investigation into the deductions made by security firms, particularly those contracted by the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing the issue during a press conference, Vice President Jagdeo emphasized that employees must not be disenfranchised or suffer due to employers&#8217; negligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted that concerns about NIS contributions were brought to his attention during visits to several communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jagdeo stated that security companies are responsible for ensuring timely payment of their workers and the remittance of NIS deductions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is crucial so that employees can access benefits in case of injury or other qualifying circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teams from the National Insurance Scheme are now tasked with inspecting security companies across Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation has a two-week deadline for presenting findings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jagdeo indicated that companies found to be non-compliant with NIS remittance regulations risk losing their government contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the inspection process continues, the government remains committed to protecting the rights and welfare of all workers, ensuring they receive the benefits to which they are entitled under the NIS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia Logan Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has issued a stern warning to security companies regarding the proper handling of employees&#8217; National Insurance Scheme (NIS) contributions. This announcement follows the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20485,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20483\/revisions\/20485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}