FOCUS ON THE INFORMAL SECTOR

Workers’ Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB) is now focusing on extending social security coverage to the uncovered groups in the informal sector who like those in the formal sector, are at risk of occupational injury. These include marketeers, domestic workers, bus and taxi drivers, sawmillers, traders and small-scale farmers. Recently, the Board embarked on a joint extension of coverage programme with the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA), National Health Insurance Management Authority (NHIMA) and Zambia National Marketeers Credit Association (ZANAMACA) to cover marketeers in eight markets of Ndola.

Author: gates mwizabi