UIF continues to process all outstanding claims

THE Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) says it continues to process all valid outstanding Covid-19 Temporary Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) claims.

This follows the extension of the application process for the period starting 1 July until 15 August.

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‘The personal services industry has been the biggest beneficiary of the Temporary Employees Relief Scheme with over R10-billion having been disbursed to workers in this industry, benefiting 2 620 115 employees.

‘This industry includes boarding houses, cafes, restaurants, nightclubs, laundries and dry cleaning depots, barbers, beauty shops, funeral undertakings, crematoria, cemetery boards, advertising agents, and collection agencies,’ said UIF Communication and Marketing Director, Makhosonke Buthelezi.

A total of R9-billion has been pumped into the trade industry, which includes market agents, fish, poultry, or game dealers, installers and assemblers of computers as well as household electrical appliances.

‘The rest of the industries are iron with R2-billion, professional services with R1.9-billion, air services with R1.3-billion and Mining with R1.2-billion.

‘The rest of the industries like educational services, food and agriculture were just below the billion rand mark,’ said Buthelezi.

The new Covid-19 TERS process covers among others, employees whose employers are not permitted to commence operations under the

Disaster Management Regulations or are unable to make alternative arrangements for vulnerable workers.

The application process remains the same for the extension period and all claims must be lodged via the UIF or labour websites.

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