How to Apply for UIF Employment Benefits

When applying for benefits from the Unemployment Insurance Fund ( UIF), candidates are advised to submit their applications at the Department of Employment and Labour Centres or use an online option. Nevertheless, this can also be one impossible task as many people do not have access to the resources to access UIF’s benefits.

With a rapid increase of an unemployment rate in South Africa, more people will seek financial support from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF). It is also important to note that your credits settle the benefits you qualify for. For every four days you work, the UIF credit system ensures that you receive a credit for every single day. The UIF credits can extend to a limit of 365 credits. The total number of credits you have will confirm as many benefits as you can possibly claim. The benefits are eligible for you if you contributed to the UIF while still employed. However, if you have resigned, been suspended or fired from work, you are not allowed to make any claim to the UIF benefits. Unless otherwise, you can claim if the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) approves the resignation as an unfair dismissal.

Here are the steps when applying for UIF employment benefits in person:

Go and visit your nearest labour centre and get to the Unemployment Register. You will be permitted to sign the Unemployment Register every four weeks, provided that you are still unemployed. A white card will be given to you. Each time you sign the register, the white card will therefore be signed. You will start receiving money from the UIF in eight weeks time once you have registered for unemployment benefits. However, the unemployment benefits will be allocated to you if your information on the Unemployment Register is correct. You are welcome to visit the labour centre if you received no money long after eight weeks.

Here are the steps needed to apply for UIF unemployment benefits online:

Step 1: Log into your uFiling account.

Step 2: Accept the terms and conditions.

Step 3: Check your banking details.

Step 4: Finalise and confirm all your

Personal details.

Step 5: Sign up for your profession and

qualification.

Step 6: Confirm that you are a job seeker.

What is a UI.6A form?

A UI.6A form is also known as the continuation form. Candidates can apply and continue to receive payments from the UIF every month. You can submit a UIF continuation form in both ways, either you do it manually at the department of labour centre or you can do it online at https://uFiling.labour.gov.za/uif/.

Here is how to submit a UI.6A form manually.

1. Download the UI.6A form.
2. Visit www.labour.gov.za .
3. Click on “Resource Centre”
4. Select “forms”
5. Select “Unemployment Insurance Fund”.
6. Select “UI.6A approval of Unemployment status”.

You can submit the form at any department of labour centre, once all your details on the form are finalised.

Here is how to submit a UI.6A form online:

1. Visit the uFiling website by clicking “HERE”.
2. Enter your username and password.
3. Select “ Benefits Applications and Payments”.
4. Select “Continuation of Benefits”.
5. Make use of the drop- down arrow to select one of the four benefits and click “next”.
6. Accept the terms and conditions.
7. Approve banking details.
8. Approve personal details.
9. Select your area labour centre and confirm your employment status.
10. The next message will appear “your application has been successfully submitted” after submitting the form.