​​​​​​​​​​​How To Claim UIF Illness Benefits
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​​​​​​​​​​​How To Claim UIF Illness Benefits

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Ill workers must apply for benefits at their nearest labour centre in person or organise for someone to go in their place. They must take the necessary documents with them.

Claiming Illness Benefits

If workers want to claim illness benefits they must use the following steps:

Step 1: Get the documents ready

Before workers can claim, they must get the following documents ready:
  • 13-digit bar-coded ID or passport;
  • form UI-2.8 for banking details;
  • form UI-19 to show that they are not working;
  • form UI-2.7;
  • medical certificate from a doctor;
  • amplifying medical report; and
  • a follow-up form.

Step 2: Go to the nearest labour centre

Ill workers must go to the nearest labour centre themselves and hand in the documents. If they are too ill, they can organise for someone else to go in their place. Staff at the labour centre will assist them with all the processes and give them more information.

Step 3: Follow all the instructions of the staff at the labour centre

Staff at the labour centre may ask ill workers to go to the doctor again or to visit the labour centre at certain times. Workers should do what they ask, or they may not be able to claim.​

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