DEL Shines Light on COVID-19 Compensation Fund Claims
Department of Employment and Labour More than 80 percent of the claims lodged with the Compensation Fund so far involve women and this is consistent in all provinces. The employment…
SCOPA Shines Light on COVID-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme
Parliament The standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) has called on the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) to fix the shortcomings in the information technology system used for the disbursement of…
DEL Shines Light on COVID-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme
Department of Employment and Labour The employment and labour department has confirmed that the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) is committed to pay millions of workers their relief payments under the…
UIF May COVID-19 Relief Payments Under the Spotlight
Department of Employment and Labour The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has paid over R23-billion (R23 799 903 283.03) to 3 663 932 workers represented by 322 422 employers since 16…
UIF COVID-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme Under the Spotlight
Department of Employment and Labour The employment and labour minister, Thulas Nxesi, has called on companies to do the right thing and declare workers that still need to be paid.…
COVID-19 Compensation Claims Under the Spotlight
Department of Employment and Labour The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has paid over R20-billion since April, benefitting 3 517 346 workers. The employment and labour department confirmed this in a…
Unemployment Insurance Fund Covid-19 Claims Under the Spotlight
Department of Employment and Labour Properly documented foreign nationals are also benefiting from Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Coronavirus Covid-19 claims. The employment and labour department confirmed this in a statement…
UIF Covid-19 TERS Disbursements Under the Spotlight
Department of Employment and Labour The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has paid in excess of R15 billion to beneficiaries. The employment and labour department confirmed this in a statement on…
Amended COVID-19 Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme
The Department of Employment and Labour has published amendments to the Regulations relating to the Disaster Management Act and the COVID-19 pandemic. The amendments were published in Notice 240 in…
National Textile Bargaining Council – COVID-19 Lockdown Agreement
The Department of Employment and Labour has declared that the COVID-19 Lockdown Agreement shall now be binding on the other employers and employees in the industry. The effective period is…