When your employer ends your employment, you can claim for benefits from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF).
The benefits are only available if you have contributed to the UIF while working. You cannot file a claim if you have quit, been suspended, or gone missing from work. If the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation, and Arbitration (CCMA) finds your resignation to be a constructive dismissal, you may file a claim.
To be eligible for assistance, you must first register as a job seeker. You must apply for UIF benefits as soon as you become jobless or within six months of losing your job.
For what reasons can you apply for UIF?
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) provides workers with short-term support when they become unemployed or are unable to work due to maternity, adoption, or parental leave, or illness. It also helps the dependents of a deceased contributor.
How long do you have to work to be eligible for UIF?
You must have worked as a contributor for more than four years to be eligible for the full credit days. The rates at which benefits are payable are determined by the benefit scale, which ranges from 38-60% for the first 238 credit days and then from 239 to 365 days at a flat rate of 20%.
Why is the UIF claim denied?
“Most claims are denied because employers fail to register their employees and declare them to be working for them.”
What papers do I need to file a UIF claim?
A copy of a 13-digit bar-coded identification document.
a copy of your most recent six pay stubs
Data provided by your employer (UI-19).
A certificate of service from the employer.
Evidence of registration as a job seeker.
A registration form that has been completely filled out.
If I resign, may I file for unemployment?
The basic norm is that if a person resigns from his work, he is not eligible to UIF benefits. An employee is only eligible for benefits if his service contract has expired, he was fired by his employer, or his employer has been sequestrated. The Fund’s benefits do not cover the whole amount of compensation.
