How To Apply For UIF In South Africa

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.

You will be given a white card, which the UIF officer will sign each time you sign the register.

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.

To claim unemployment benefits you need to have:

A copy of a 13-digit bar-coded identity document.

A copy of your last six payslips.

Information supplied by your employer

A service certificate from the employer.

Proof of registration as a work seeker.

A fully completed registration form.

If you want to receive unemployment benefits you need to be prepared to:

Go for training or career counseling if the UIF officer asks you to.

Be available for work. If you are offered work, you need to be ready to work.

Go to different companies to ask for work. You will get a form that needs to be signed showing that you have looked for work and that there are no jobs available.

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.

How many months can I claim UIF in South Africa?

12 months

UIF can be claimed for 12 months, provided that you have full credit days.

Credits accrue as follows: for every four days that you work as a contributor, you receive one day’s credit, subject to a maximum of 12 months.