August/September Ters benefit applications open this week
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) will open applications for the period August 16 to September 15 on Thursday.
This is for the second extension as announced by Employment and Labour Minister Thembelani Nxesi earlier in September, with new directives for industries still affected by the lockdown regulations.
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A day after the extension was announced payments were suspended. This followed an Auditor-General investigation which found that millions of rands were being paid out to people who are not eligible for the relief – including those who receive social grants, prisoners, foreigners and children younger than 15.
Payments resumed last week Monday (September 21). The fund is however still facing processing challenges, despite undergoing a system upgrade to mitigate the risks associated with payments to ineligible parties.
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