This will enable workers who have no credits to receive financial support whilst their workplaces are in the process of rebuilding or reopening. The UIF is earnestly reconfiguring its systems for processing of temporary financial relief claims, and an announcement on the claims process and platforms and the date from which claims can be submitted will be made as soon as possible.
Wash hands or sanitise your hands regularly and wear your mask at all times. Turn on more accessible mode. Employers can register at the UIF in the following way:.
Step 3: Fill in the forms. Employers must complete the forms for both themselves and their workers. This form of registration of workers asks for an employer reference number. However, if the employer does not have a reference number yet, this part can be left open. The UIF will create a reference number and send it to the employer. Step 4: Hand in the forms to the labour centre staff. What employers may not do:.
If employers deduct too much money by accident, they must pay the extra money back to workers. Claiming unemployment benefits. If you want to claim from the UIF you need to go to your nearest Labour Office or register and claim online. There you will be asked to sign the unemployment register. You will be told when you need to come back and sign the register again. You will have to sign every four weeks to show that you still need to claim the UIF benefits.
You must go back to the office and sign the register on the correct date. If you are ill, you must take a doctor's certificate with you to the labour centre. If everything is in order, you should start getting money from the fund within eight weeks of registering. The money will then be paid every four weeks, until all the benefits are used up. If you don't receive your money in eight weeks, you should phone the Labour Centre and ask them to find out why there is a delay.
Remember to have your name and ID number ready. You will receive a slip every time you receive money so that you can see how much you have received and how much you can still get.
You need to collect your unemployment benefits from the Labour Office on the date they said the money will be there. You have to collect the money yourself and you must have your white card and ID book with you. Claiming illness benefits.
To apply for illness benefits, you need to register at the Labour Office nearest to you or register and claim online. If you are too ill to go to the office yourself, a friend or family member can get the form from the office and bring it to you to sign. The signed form then needs to be returned to the Labour Office.
You will be paid benefits for the time that the doctor has booked you off work but not for the first 2 weeks off work. You'll also only be paid for the time that you've not received normal wages from your employer. Remember, you can't claim illness benefits if your illness was caused by your own misconduct or if you unreasonably refuse treatment or fail to follow the doctor's instructions.
If you've lost your job as well as being too ill to work, you need to inform the claims officer of this because you might also be able to claim unemployment benefits for the period not covered by the illness benefits. Claiming maternity benefits. To claim maternity benefits, you need to register at the Labour Office in person, organise for someone to go in your place or register and claim online.
All necessary documents must go with the applicant to the labour office. When you register, you will be given Form UF All employees, as well as their employers, are responsible for contributions to the UIF. However, an employee is excluded from contributing to the UIF if he or she—. You can register once for all different tax types using the client information system. Please note: As from 1 June , the maximum earnings ceiling is R17 per month or R annually.
For employees who earn more than this amount, the contribution is calculated using the maximum earnings ceiling amount. Therefore the maximum contribution which can be deducted, for employees who earn more than R17 per month, is R,12 per month. How and when should it be paid? How can an employee claim benefits from the UIF? What happens if there is a dispute about the payment of benefits? How can LegalWise assist you? What is the Unemployment Insurance Fund?
Employees earning more than the maximum income threshold are only entitled to a percentage of that threshold amount. An employee may claim maternity benefits for a period of
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