Copy of letter to Lorna Charles, acting executive director, National Insurance Board: I am pleased that your board has responded positively to my public appeal on the CNC3 morning programme of January 5 to publish the new rates of contribution which took effect on January 4. For ease of reference, your belated paid advertisement was published in the Newsday on January 8, Express on January 11, and Guardian on January 12. However, I have noted two salient omissions.
1. You have failed to publish the increased rates of contribution to take effect on January 2, 2012. May I remind you of the amendment in the Finance (No 2) Act 30 of 2007 under Section 9 which states that the rate to be used to determine the average rate in accordance with section 54(2) of the National Insurance Act, Chapter 32:01 as amended for the payment of sickness, maternity, retirement, survivors and invalidity benefits be converted to the increased rates of January 2, 2010.
2. Another omission is that the footnote is not totally correct because recipients of retirement benefit who have not yet attained the age of 65 years are also exempted from paying contributions should they resume insurable employment.
I hereby appeal to you to have these omissions corrected through the same media.
Hubert B Dolsingh
National Insurance Consultant
Via e-mail