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THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has dragged a Bulawayo funeral parlour to court for failing to remit $11,000 in contributions accrued over an unspecified period.
NSSA, which is the plaintiff in the matter, this week filed summons at the Bulawayo High Court citing Farley Funeral Services as the defendant.
The social security insurer through its lawyers, T Hara and Partners, said the funeral parlour as a registered employer of labour, was obliged to pay monthly contributions in terms of Statutory Instruments 68 of 1990 and 393 of 1993.
“The defendant has a legal obligation to pay monthly contributions before the 10th of every month in terms of SI 393 of 1993. “As at the last date of inspection, the defendant had accrued arrears in the sum of $11,641,14,” said NSSA in its summons.
It said failure to remit the contributions was in breach of the law. NSSA is demanding that the funeral parlour be ordered to pay the outstanding contributions with a five percent interest per annum and pay the legal costs at attorney-client scale.
The funeral parlour has not yet filed a notice to enter an appearance to defend the summons. Last week, NSSA filed another lawsuit against three Bulawayo engineering firms for failing to settle more than $80,000 in contributions accrued over an unspecified period.
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