RBA allows companies to suspend retirement benefits contribution

RBA chief executive Nzomo Mutuku. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Cash-strapped companies can now apply for suspension or discontinuation of employer-retirement contributions to pension schemes until the coronavirus pandemic eases.

The Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) said employers in hardest hit sectors such as travel and hospitality can notify it of measures taken to contain costs among them suspension, reduction of contribution rates or stoppage.

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