‘In some cases we are pursuing them criminally’: UIF commissioner Teboho Maruping UIF commissioner Teboho Maruping says some fund employees facing investigations into Covid-19 TERS fraud abruptly resigned but could still be pursued on…
R3,4 billion has been voluntarily returned to the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) by employers who benefited from the Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (Covid-19 TERS). The figure was revealed by UIF Commissioner,…
Press release from NEASA Media Department … navigating through the COVID-19 lockdown predicament … Dear employer The Department of Employment and Labour has extended the availability of the TERS benefits to sectors still being affected by…
A letter from the National Employers Association of South Africa (Neasa) 1 February 2021 Since the TERS funding was announced Neasa has been conducting twice-weekly surveys on employers and employees to uncover what is happening with…
The DA has called for the return of UIF Ters payments for the duration of the alert level 3 lockdown, saying the fund will provide assistance to businesses whose operations continue to be affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. This after…
Important news from NEASA (National Employers Association of South Africa) The Minister of Employment and Labour, TW Nxesi, published a government gazette, on September 7 last year indicating that the TERS benefits will be available until…
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has ruled that a group of former Dippin Blu Racing horse groomers from Port Elizabeth are entitled to claim unemployment benefits. Representing the former grooms on Friday,…
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) will open and begin processing the latest and last round of Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme Benefits (Covid-19 Ters) applications from Monday, November 23 until December 31,…
This is a press release by Gerhard Papenfus, Chief Executive of the National Employers’ Association of South Africa (NEASA). OPEN LETTER 10 November 2020 Minister Thulas Nxesi Minister of Employment and Labour Dear Honourable Minister…
The struggling racing industry is beset with labour conflict On Friday former horse grooms from Dippin Blu Racing head to the CCMA. If they can show they were fired they will receive UIF payments. The struggling race horse industry has…
Payments from the government’s relief scheme for workers is expected to resume on Monday, after being suspended for two weeks. The payments of the Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) was suspended on September 7, after the…
The International Racing Club has called the incident at the Fairview racecourse in Port Elizabeth a “low day in SA history for horse racing”. On Thursday morning about 6am staff began a violent protest at the racecourse which culminated…
Police have confirmed that 28 horses were let loose from the holding stables at Fairview racecourse at about 6am on Thursday by angry protesters. Six horses have been recovered and brought back to the stables at the racecourse. Police…
Horses have been slaughtered with pangas as a protest allegedly over UIF non-payment rages at the Fairview racecourse in Port Elizabeth on Thursday morning. Details are sketchy at the moment but according to witness Nikki Durrant, who is…
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Wednesday evening after months of lockdown regulations to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Read his address, unedited and in full, below: My fellow South Africans, Exactly half…
