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Amended Unemployment Insurance (UIF) Act
as amended by the
Amendment - Unemployment Insurance Act
Summary: To establish the Unemployment Insurance Fund; to provide for the payment from the Fund of unemployment benefits to certain employees, and for the payment of illness, maternity, adoption and dependant?s benefits related to the unemployment of such employees; to provide for the establishment of the Unemployment Insurance Board, the functions of the Board and the designation of the Unemployment Insurance Commissioner; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Be it enacted by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa as follows:-
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introductory provisions
1.
Definitions
2.
Purpose of this Act
3.
Application of this Act
Chapter 2: Unemployment Insurance Fund
4.
Establishment of Unemployment Insurance Fund
5.
Application of Fund
6.
Raising of funds, loans and obtaining bank overdraft
facilities
7.
Investment of money of Fund
8.
Donations and bequests to Fund
9.
Appointment of and annual review by actuary
10.
Surplus and deficit in Fund
11.
Accounting, auditing and financial reporting
Chapter 3: Claiming benefits
Part A : Right to benefits
12.
Right to benefits
13.
Calculation of benefits
14.
Contributor not entitled to benefits under certain
circumstances
Part B : Unemployment benefits
15.
Calculation of period of unemployment under this Part
16.
Right to unemployment benefits
17.
Application for unemployment benefits
18.
Payment of unemployment benefits
Part C : Illness benefits
19.
Determination of period of illness under this Part
20.
Right to illness benefits
21.
Calculation of illness benefits
22.
Application for illness benefits
23.
Payment of illness benefits
Part D : Maternity benefits
24.
Right to maternity benefits
25.
Application for maternity benefits
26.
Payment of maternity benefits
Part E : Adoption benefits
27.
Right to adoption benefits
28.
Application for adoption benefits
29.
Payment of adoption benefits
Part F : Dependant benefits
30.
Right to dependant’s benefits
31.
Application for dependant?s benefits
32.
Payment of dependant's benefits
Part G : General provisions relating to claiming benefits
33.
Benefits not to be assigned, attached or set off
34.
Benefits not subject to taxation
35.
Recovery of benefits paid in error
36.
Suspension of contributor's right to benefits
37.
Disputes relating to payment or non-payment of benefits
Chapter 4: Enforcement
38.
Securing undertakings
39.
Compliance order
40.
Objections to compliance order
41.
Compliance order may be made an order of Labour Court
42.
Duty of employer
Chapter 5: Commissioner And Claims Officers
43.
Designation of Unemployment Insurance Commissioner
44.
Report of Commissioner, and delegation and assignment of powers and
duties
45.
Commissioner may deem person to be contributor
46.
Appointment of claims officers
Chapter 6: Unemployment Insurance Board
47.
Establishment of Unemployment Insurance Board
48.
Powers and duties of Unemployment Insurance Board
49.
Composition of Unemployment Insurance Board
50.
Constitution of Unemployment Insurance Board
51.
Administration and provision of resources to Unemployment Insurance
Board
52.
Remuneration and allowances to members of Unemployment Insurance
Board
53.
Indemnification of members of Unemployment Insurance Board
Chapter 7: Regulations
54.
Regulations
55.
Procedure when issuing regulations
Chapter 8: General
56.
Information to be supplied by employer
57.
Creation and maintenance of database
58.
Powers and duties of Director-General
59.
Certain instruments exempt from stamp duty
60.
Recovery of losses caused by employees of Fund
61.
Recovery of loss generally
62.
Evidence
63.
Disclosure of information
64.
General prohibited conduct
65.
Penalties
66.
Jurisdiction of Labour Court
67.
Stating of case to Labour Court
68.
Delegation and assignment by Minister
69.
Persons regarded as contributors for purposes of Act
70.
Repeal of laws
71.
Transitional arrangements
72.
Act binds State
73.
Short title and commencement
Schedule 1: Transitional arrangements
Schedule 2: Mathematical calculation of contributor's entitlement
Mathematical calculation of contributor's entitlement
Schedule 3: Scale of contributor's entitlement to benefits (section 12(2))
Scale of contributor's entitlement to benefits (section
12(2))
