{"id":176814,"date":"2024-04-30T05:29:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T05:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/30\/labour-ministry-to-meet-tewu-today-over-tier-2-pension-arrears\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T05:29:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T05:29:16","slug":"labour-ministry-to-meet-tewu-today-over-tier-2-pension-arrears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/30\/labour-ministry-to-meet-tewu-today-over-tier-2-pension-arrears\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour Ministry to meet TEWU today over Tier-2 pension arrears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations is scheduled to hold discussions with the leadership of the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) of TUC today over tier-2 pension arrears owed to members of the union.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The union had previously set an April deadline for the government to resolve all outstanding payments owed to its members concerning SSNIT and tier-2 pension contributions, which have reportedly been overdue since June 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, King James Azortibah, the General Secretary of the union, expressed deep concern over the situation, describing the delay as unfortunate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing into the meeting, this is something that is really unfortunate and something that we have tried to understand the government but it is becoming too much to the disservice of members, especially our members who are retiring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, this tier-2 is meant for investment so that when people are going on retirement, they will be paid, but SSNIT doesn\u2019t pay the lump sum any longer. 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