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Fin24 reports that Last Mile Logistics (LML), which delivers newspapers for Independent Media and some smaller media groups in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and the Western Cape, is allegedly months behind in paying staff contributions over to pension funds.
A concerned employee said that while pension fund contributions for its 240-odd employees were being deducted from salaries, LML was not immediately paying these over to two funds administered by Old Mutual and Sanlam. Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) payments are allegedly also behind schedule. Pension fund contributions are meant to be paid into funds by employers on the seventh of the month following the month for which they are due. But a week ago, Old Mutual wrote a letter to fund members, stating that payments were 60 days late. Contributions are also late at the staff fund administered by Sanlam. An employee indicated: "Staff have written to the CEO, and the Information Communication Technology Union has queried this with the company on behalf of their members." The issue has been brought before the CCMA. LML’s Yazeed Evans confirmed that payments to the two pension funds, as well as UIF contributions, were late. He promised that all contributions would be paid in full by Tuesday. Evans added: "The continued load shedding has added to significantly impact on our operations on a daily basis. We wish to highlight that benefits to staff are not at risk and any interest that may have been earned by these funds are being paid by LML." He did not respond about why LML was, according to staff, deferring salaries.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jan Cronje at Fin24
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