Wed, 21 Feb 2018 07:54:21 +0000 By AARON CHIYANZO PUBLIC service employees will be contributing 1 percent of their basic salary towards the compulsory Public Service Health Insurance Scheme while the other 1 percent will come from Government to make a total of 2 percent of basic salary in contributions. This will enable government employees and their families access quality health care any time, says Zambia Union of Government and Allied Workers president Muyaywa Kabisa. Mr Kabisa said that under the scheme agreed with all public service unions, the contribution will be shared between the workers and the government as employer. Mr Kabisa said 1 percent would be deducted from the employee while the government will pay the other half. He said at a press briefing in Lusaka that the trade union movement looked forward to the National Health Insurance Scheme awaiting second reading in Parliament and would not take lightly any form of opposition […]
