employee contributions
Members whose employers do not pay contributions to the pension fund have recourse to the Pension Funds Adjudicator, who can order employers to pay a member the benefits they are due, and this order can be executed by a sheriff of the court, according to the Pension Funds Adjudicator Muvhango Lukhaimane.
Addressing the Pension Lawyers Conference, Lukhaimane said the bulk of complaints to her office concern withdrawal benefits and section 13A compliance i.e. the payment of contributions by employers. These two account for approximately 83% of all complaints finalised.
She said a negligible number of
