New Feature: Individual UI 19 Forms
Update 21 April: The Department of Employment and Labour has opened a dedicated UIF toll free hotline, running 8am – 10pm Monday to Friday. The number is 0800 030 007.
2020
Lockdown Recap and FAQ #1
Update 23 April: We have received confirmation that the TERS benefit paid by employers to their employees will not be subject to PAYE, SDL or UIF. You may pay this amount off-system if you choose, but we recommend waiting until we have updated our system to include a new TERS benefit item. We will send out a notification when the system has been updated.
Support for Business – COVID-19 Employment Tax Incentive
An overview of the changes made to ETI due to COVID-19, which bring opportunities to both current participants and employers who previously did not qualify.
COVID-19 UIF Quick Reference Guide
In an effort to alleviate payroll strain and to make the various UIF codes and forms simpler for employers to understand, we have put together a summary of how these all work.
Support for Business – COVID-19 TERS
An overview of the COVID-19 TERS scheme, detailing the requirements, rewards and process involved for businesses.
COVID-19 Lockdown – Support For Business
Brief overview on schemes that could provide support to businesses in general, as well as for SMMEs
New Feature: Managing End of Service in Bulk
To ease the payroll burden on employers and payroll administrators during the COVID-19 pandemic, we have introduced a new Employee Actions section to our Bulk Actions page to allow users to manage an employees end of service in bulk.
COVID-19 Lockdown – 27 March to 16 April 2020
On Monday 23 March, President Ramphosa announced a 21 day lockdown from 23:59 on Thursday 26 March. Read more in this blog post.
Interest Rate Change for Employer Loans
The repo rate has decreased by 100 basis points, resulting in the official interest rate for employer loans changing to 6.25%.
2020 OID / Workman’s Comp Update
We have updated our system to reflect the Compensation Fund’s annual earnings threshold for the 2020/2021 Return of Earnings.