The Department of Social Insurance wishes to advise the public of the following:

• Pension benefits automatically paid by direct bank deposit will still be made next week Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 as normal.

• Pension cheques will be processed and delivered by mail tomorrow Friday, April 3, 2020 before the island wide lockdown takes place on Saturday morning.

• For those wishing to cash their cheques at the bank, please note the following guidance from the banks in using their services tomorrow:

1. Branch hours are 9am to 1pm.

2. Please deposit your cheques in the ATM machines as the first option before going into a branch.

3. If you have to enter a branch, please observe social distancing guidance and have all of your documents ready.

• Press release from the Department of Social Insurance