Sebalu and his friends have survived Kampala doing casual jobs at different companies for the last 13 years. Some months they work for one company while other times, they just get ‘deals’ from many places. During the lockdown, they heard about how NSSF was the keeper of workers’ savings and they want to know if some of their money was also kept and if they are supposed to also keep their money with it.
Are casual workers the same as employees?
A casual worker is a person who is paid daily for the daily work completed that day. By law this person is not considered an employee and is therefore not entitled to employment benefits like NSSF. However, if a casual worker is continuously engaged for a period of four months, they are then entitled to an employment contract (meaning they are now employees) and they can enjoy employment benefits like any other employee.
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