Ram, Unions Take NIS to Court Over Pension Arrears

Attorney-at-law and chartered accountant Christopher Ram, a pensioner and three trade unions have taken the National Insurance Board (NIB) to the High Court, seeking to compel the payment of statutory minimum old-age pensions at the rate prescribed by law and recover arrears allegedly accumulated since January 2021.

The applicants estimate that pensioners who received the minimum rate throughout the period could each be owed approximately $510,300, as they challenge what they describe as the Board’s failure to adjust payments in line with increases in the Public Service minimum wage.

The judicial review application, filed on Thursday, names Ram, pensioner Kalicharan Heera, the Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers, the United Minibus Union and the Guyana Market Vendors Union.