GENERAL

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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (COVID-19 RELATED)

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POPIA (Protection of Personal Information Act)

For POPIA (Protection of Personal Information Act) related information, please click here.

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PAIA (Promotion of Access to Information Act)

PAIA Manual_Generic template (Compiled by Information Regulator)
PAIA Extension to 31 December 2021
Promotion of Access to Information Act_Regulations
Promotion of Access to Information Act of 2000

PAIA Forms (information Regulator) – see https://www.justice.gov.za/inforeg/docs2-f.html

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MINIMUM WAGES

National Minimum Wage - effective from 1 March 2022 (GG No.45882 7 February 2022) Includes contract cleaning industry, wholesale and retail, domestic workers and farm workers

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COVID-19: RESOURCES & EASY AID GUIDE(S) FOR MANAGING OF THE CORONAVIRUS

NB. Please note that you cannot bring a TERS application (submitted by employer) and a normal UIF application (made by employee, but assisted by employer) at the same time. Our article/update explains on how to deal with this.

1. TERS: COVID-19: RESOURCES & EASY AID GUIDE(S) FOR MANAGING OF THE CORONAVIRUS (This application is brought by the employer.)

2.  Normal UIF BENEFITS & APPLICABLE FORMS (These documents are provided by the employer and the application is brought by the Employee. Employer may assist with the actual submission of the application by emailing it to the relevant email address and indicated in the UIF easy guide listed below)

2.1 (a) EASY AID GUIDE FOR EMPLOYERS/EMPLOYEES FOR UIF BENEFITS (PDF-DOWNLOAD)

2.1 (b) UIF EASY AID GUIDE FOR ELECTRONIC CLAIMS (PDF-DOWNLOAD)

2.1 (c) BULK NORMAL UIF APPLICATION

 

2.1.1. REDUCED WORK TIME BENEFIT (Short Time/Temporary Lay-off)

The applicable Forms are:

  • UI19 and UI2.7 (completed by Employer)
  • UI2.1 (application form)
  • UI2.8 (bank form completed by the bank)
  • A letter from the Employer confirming Reduced Work Time or Temporary Lay-off due to the Coronavirus
  • Copy of ID document

Also see the following:

2.1.2. ILLNESS BENEFITS (10-DAY QUARANTINE)

The applicable Forms are:

  • UI19 and UI2.7 (completed by Employer)
  • UI2.2 (Doctor portion does not have to be completed if employer and employee agree to quarantine)
  • UI2.8 (bank form completed by the bank)
  • Copy of ID document
  • Employer-Letter-Covid19

2.1.3. DEATH BENEFITS

The applicable Forms and required documents are:

  • UI19 and UI53 (completed by the Employer)
  • UI2.5 or UI2.6
  • Death Certificate
  • ID of deceased and applicant
  • UI2.8 (bank form completed by the bank)
  • Copy of ID document

OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES FOR MANAGING OF CORONAVIRUS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES IN THE WORKPLACE

Comments

  1. Hi jan I just would like to know if you take a sick leave of 2days and the company suspected that you should do a covid test befor you come back to work so for the day that you do not go to work up untill you received you results sould that be on sick leave

  2. Who can we contact to confirm the official way of completing a UI-2.7 form for maternity leave employees as most of them come back saying the labor department says something is incorrect on it. We need to know the standard correct way as we have 28 000 employees to complete these forms for.

    1. Author

      Your query has been sent to our sister company, Labourwise Human Resources. Someone will be in touch with you.

  3. What is the procedure to follow for request to go into 14 day isolation if an employee claim to have been in contact with someone that was in contact with someone that was tested positive.

  4. Good day Jan. I have to apply for UIF Ters Illness benefit for one of our employees.
    Downloaded your documents, do I just send an email as I don’t see the option on the online site.
    Anke

    1. Author

      Two points:
      Point 1. At this stage it would seem that the way to submit it is via the email addresses towards the end of the FAQ’s document at https://www.labourwise.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Covid-19TERS-FAQ-with-calculation-guidelines_2020-04-27.pdf

      Point 2: At this stage it would seem that the C19TERS directive will not be extended beyond June. This in all likelihood means the “quarantine” illness benefits would only be available for illness until the end of June (We have not been able to verify this, though). However, employees should be able to claim for normal UIF (reduced worked time) benefits – also available on our free downloads page.

  5. We have less than 10 employees and have received TERS UIF for April paid directly to the employees.
    Now when I need to load the application for May the site requires Approval/Acceptance Letter between Employer and Employees as well as Proof of payment of TERS UIF employee. We obviously do not have such as the UIF was paid directly to the employee but the site does not allow for any other option. Please assist with advice

    1. Author

      Instead of the “Approval/Acceptance” letter, you can submit a letter explaining your particular situation.

  6. We see all the guides we follow but I personally applied for the uif and get an SMS promised to get the response after 35day till today I even doubt there is any claim which is being done yet.

    1. Author

      You should be able check the status online on the UIF portal. Alternatively phone the helpline 0800 030 007

  7. I have manually filled in the spreadsheet for UIF claim for my gardener and domestic worker and have converted it into a CSV file and emailed it back to covid claims.

    Is this all I need to do as the Employer.

    1. Author

      As long as you have followed all the prescribed steps you should be ok.

  8. How can I get the forms to my domestic workers if they are not at work and they all don’t have email and computers(U12.1)

    1. Author

      You will have to wait until the end of the lock-down. Alternatively, you can submit claims via the Covid-19TERS process which is all online.

      1. What email do we use to send Temporary lay off forms to. This is from 01 July

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