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NIS says untrue sugar workers not receiving benefits

Jun 21, 2020 News

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has dismissed an article published on June 19 that claimed that it has stopped the payments of the Sickness and Injury Benefits to sugar workers.
In a statement yesterday, NIS’ Public Relations Officer, Dianne Lewis-Baxter noted that the agency deemed the article that was published on the social media page “as mischievous”.
The story would have stemmed from a statement of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), issued earlier this week.
Lewis-Baxter also explained that though the NIS has reduced its working hours to accommodate a shift system due to the COVID-19 pandemic, “the Scheme continues to honour its obligations by paying out millions in both sickness and medical benefits to employees of GUYSUCO” and all other agencies.
The NIS, she noted, has also offered relief through amnesty for employers who are unable to pay the interest.

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