UIF in South Africa Has Paid Out R11 Billion in COVID-19 Benefits
The Unemployment Insurance Fund has paid out R11 billion in benefits to over two million employees affected by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the past month. A total of 161,567 companies launched claims on behalf of their workers over the course of the last month. The funds were disbursed through the COVID-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief […]
The Unemployment Insurance Fund has paid out R11 billion in benefits to over two million employees affected by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the past month.
A total of 161,567 companies launched claims on behalf of their workers over the course of the last month. The funds were disbursed through the COVID-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme.
UIF Commissioner, Teboho Maruping, paid tribute to the Fund’s employees and their commitment to being a force for good during the pandemic.
He also urged companies that have not provided the UIF with all the pertinent details to do so. This is so that a further 503,629 workers can benefit from over R2-billion that the department is ready to pay as soon as the details are furnished.
“Taking into account that each breadwinner takes care of at least nine others, this means that millions of beneficiaries have been placed in an undesirable position and have been denied what, by law, should be relief benefits this time,” he said.
– SAnews.gov.za