It is to train more employers in the Social Security payment process.

The workshop was also to ensure employer satisfaction in transacting business with SSNIT.

A release issued in Accra said the workshop “is an indication that the employer is not and will never be left behind in the growth of the trust, hence the introduction of the SSNIT Employer Lobby on the SSNIT web portal”.

“The SSNIT Employer Lobby is an e-service channel which facilitates the payment of workers’ social security contributions through the banks that have partnered with SSNIT,” it said.

It said the workshop was an extensive training programme for employers nationwide to enable them to use the new technology to facilitate and make easy the services required by employers.

The services include managing contributions by manually keying in their contribution data, attaching excel format of CR, self-generating payment advice for contribution payment, updating employer information, viewing employer ledger information,  checking establishment penalty status, managing employer portal users and making enquiries.

“For the employer or employer representative to have access to the employer lobby on the SSNIT web portal, he or she must first visit any SSNIT branch to be furnished with a service request form and then other steps follow,” it said.

The release said after a successful validation online, employers could also pay the contributions at Societe Generale, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Ecobank, Standard Chartered Bank, Zenith, UT Bank, GCB Bank, UBA, GT Bank, First Atlantic Bank, UMB, HFC Bank, CAL Bank, ADB, Access Bank, Fidelity Bank and UniBank.

It said the SSNIT portal acted as a technological union for the trust, its members,and the public as a whole.

“In the same vein, the employers’ lobby has brought about a great deal of relief to all establishments and business owners countrywide. This paradigm shift has no doubt put smiles on the faces of employers. Employers can now transact business with SSNIT from the comfort of their offices,” it said.