The Unemployment Insurance Fund is worried about the safety of its employees after one was threatened with death while auditing a company that benefited from the Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme.
On Friday, UIF commissioner Teboho Maruping said the fund had been alerted by “a law-enforcement agency that an employer had made an anonymous threat to kill the UIF official if the audit proceeded” earlier this week. Stock photo.The Unemployment Insurance Fund is worried about the safety of its employees after one was threatened with death while auditing a company that benefited from the Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme .
On Friday, UIF commissioner Teboho Maruping said the fund had been alerted by “a law-enforcement agency that an employer had made an anonymous threat to kill the UIF official if the audit proceeded” earlier this week. Maruping said the audits on employers were part of the UIF’s “follow the money” project to ensure the right amounts of money were paid over to workers at the right time and that employers did not abuse the money.
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