14 days is usually given to employers by the Fiji National Provident Fund to pay member contributions and failing this they will face prosecution and or listing on Data Bureau.

This is the warning given by Fiji National Provident Fund Chief Executive Aisake Taito to employers on the failure to submit member contributions.

Taito said if an employer misses the contribution, a 14 day notice is issued for payment of outstanding contribution/ payment proposal and submission of Contribution schedule.

Taito adds failure to provide the above information will result in loading of business name on Data Bureau and prosecution.

Once business names are in the Data Bureau, employers will face difficulties in accessing credit facilities.

The FNPF has about 1,358 employers under its contribution debtors.

Taito adds the fund continuously tracks and monitors non compliance of payment of contribution through its inspectors by daily visit and the legal process through prosecution.