A Bill for an Act to prohibit late payment of Workers salaries and Pension pass second reading.REPS.
Yahaya Zakka Minna.
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, passed for second reading, a bill seeking to prohibit late and non-payment of workers and pensioners by employers.
The bill, when it becomes law, employees will be entitled to interests on unpaid wages. Underpayment of workers and pensioners would also be prohibited by the proposed law.
This is being proposed in a legislation titled, ‘A Bill for an Act to Prohibit Late Payment, Non-Payment and Underpayment of Workers’ Wages, Pension and Other Emolument in Nigeria, and Prescribes Penalties for Violations.’
The Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, had made the proposal in the ‘Employees/Workman (Unpaid Wages Prohibition) Bill 2016’ at the last National Assembly.
The legislation was recalled for reconsideration by the 9th Assembly.
The House passed the first reading in July 2019. Gbajabiamila, in the explanatory note, said, “This bill seeks to provide for the prohibition of late payment, non-payment and under payment of workers’ wages in Nigeria and prescribes penalties for violations and for other matters connected thereto.
