By Our Reporter
Following media reports alleging that over 30 employees had been sacked from employment with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), the Managing Director, Richard Byarugaba has come out to clarify on these reports.
According to the reports, a team of disgruntled employees whose contracts were not renewed wrote a letter to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social development Pius Bigirimana re-appealing against the decision of NSSF management. They accused the NSSF board of malice and sabotage, further claiming that there was bias and victimisation while reviewing their contracts.
Byarugaba has explained that an end of employment contract review process took place between May and June 2017 and it was recommended that contracts of 12 employees should not be renewed. “There were various reasons as to why these contracts weren’t renewed. Contract renewal is beyond performance; it involves a lot of other things like work attitude, conduct, relationship with colleagues among others,” he noted.
“However, some employees felt aggrieved and appealed against the recommendation,” he said, adding that management then initiated a process to review the recommendation.
“This process is on-going in accordance with the Fund’s Human Resource Policy Manual. All the affected employees have been given a fair opportunity to present their grievances and be heard and a final outcome of this process will be duly communicated to the concerned parties,” he said. “We wish to re-affirm that Management will continue to make decisions that are lawful and in the best interest of NSSF, our employees, and members in line with the strategic business requirements.”
