Workers are going to be hard hit financially by the Covid-19 outbreak because employers have not registered them for the Unemployment Insurance Fund. TheStar_news Lockdown
Johannesburg - Workers are going to be hard hit financially by the Covid-19 outbreak because employers have not registered them for the Unemployment Insurance Fund .
The report was based on the analysis of 75 companies ranging from large to small-to-medium enterprises. Thirty-five of the companies analysed remain operational while 40 have ceased operating under the national lockdown.Though the benefit for the national disaster fund is not linked to the usual UIF benefits, beneficiaries should still be registered with the UIF.
“Unfortunately, a significant number of employers are failing to register and pay their workers UIF benefits, as required by law. The 2017 annual report from the then Department of Labour found non-compliance that it uncovered through payroll audits to be as high as 28%.” It also found that of the companies that are still operating because they are essential services, they are largely failing to provide basic or adequate health and safety provisions.
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