THE National Insurance Board’s (NIB) Family Island offices resumed operations on Friday after days of unrest over a new industrial agreement.
According to a statement, all Family Island offices are operational, with the exception of Crooked Island and Nicholls Town, Andros.
“Pension payments will be distributed today in North Eleuthera, Inagua, Fresh Creek, Andros and Bunches, Long Island. The National Insurance Board thanks all customers for your continued patience and understanding,” the NIB statement read.
Significant line and managerial staff absences forced the National Insurance Board to activate its emergency contingency plan, which also featured the temporary closure of both its Wulff Road and Fox Hill offices.
Thursday marked the third day line staff took matters into their own hands, but the first day that many managers backed efforts to force NIB’s hand for a better industrial agreement.
Those discussions are ongoing.
Comments
bcitizen 4 years, 11 months ago
Take the NIB money what if any is left and divide it up proportionally by what people thusfar have paid in and then shut the whole damn thing down. People pay and companies pay and when your sick you might get your pay for missing work a year later after you done starved to death and lost your house because of no income. Just another tax so the government can employ people.
screwedbahamian 4 years, 11 months ago
Since 2011 when Hubert " PAPA DOC" Ingraham decided to erase and disbanded ( DUE TO CORRUPTION, THEFT AND MISMANAGEMENT AND PERHAPS OTHERS REASONS) the well intended National Insurance Benefits Pension programme mandated and implemented by the Sir Lynden Pindling Government to assist Hard working Bahamian citizens with the mean of aa honourable Monthly pension income during their old age and live with some dignity without the financial dependency on others, for his government dictatorial agenda. Since then the NIB has been a disservice to some of the Bahamian citizens it was intended to help and will continue to be government financial Albatross.
Employees should stand up for their rights now because most government run financial institutions are proned to failure.
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