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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND. PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON LABOUR 12 AUGUST 2003. Domestic Workers. Resource Mobilization systems readiness Form designs policies and procedures,etc Registration campaign Publicity campaign Training. March. April. May. June. July. Total.

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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND

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  1. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON LABOUR 12 AUGUST 2003

  2. Domestic Workers • Resource Mobilization • systems readiness • Form designs • policies and procedures,etc • Registration campaign • Publicity campaign • Training

  3. March April May June July Total Employers 69688 217385 201652 34141 14095 536961 Employees 20757 104345 173417 111485 48435 458439 Domestics Registrations

  4. Domestics Registrations

  5. Received Answered Lost March 180 305 17 866 162 439 April 215 850 27 551 188 299 May 235 022 37 083 197 939 June 97 479 54 635 42 844 July 44 135 42 445 1 690 772 791 179 580 593 211 Call Center Calls

  6. Call Center Calls

  7. APRIL MAY JUNE DOMESTICS 42828 33218 1927 CORMMERCIAL 199 199 1084 TOTAL 43027 33360 3011 Web Registrations

  8. Web Registrations

  9. Publicity Campaign • Media release- registration statistics • Community Radio stations advertisements • Briefing to Business Women Association • TV and Radio talkshows • Newspaper advertisements (Sunday Times, Sunday World, Sowetan, Star, City Press, Beeld and Citizen)

  10. Publicity Campaign • Announcements SABC/ETV/MNET • Distribution of pamphlets and registration forms-Shopping Malls • Minister’s train ride • TV/RADIO advertisements • May day rally

  11. Free State KZN Eastern Cape Limpopo North-West Mpumalanga Training Co-ordinators 93 66 63 95 59 30 35 Training-employees

  12. Constraints • Complicated registration forms • Call centre • Staff shortages • Telephone line challenges • Overtime • Delay in issuing reference numbers

  13. Constraints • Bad publicity • Influx of applications • Multiple registrations • Delayed reference numbers • Capacity challenges on online registrations

  14. Successes • Fax on demand • Voluntary unpaid overtime • 555329 registrations as at 29 July 2003 • 505596 domestic workers on database • Online registrations • Call centre registrations • Multiple payment options

  15. MATERNITY

  16. Maternity Benefits Object: • To Explore various permuntations to determine affordability of the proposed maternity scheme. (4 months with full Pay) Approach: • An actuarial investigation was commissioned during 2002 and the report is in the process of finalisation and government will decide once the report has been finalised

  17. UIF AMENDMENT BILL

  18. Section 1 • The Amendment aims to delete the definitions of “CCMA” in order to comply with changes in Section 37 , where the UIF and the Regional Appeals Committees will take over the adjudication of appeals. • The CCMA will no longer have jurisdiction over UIF appeals

  19. Section 1 cont. • The Amendment aims to delete the definition of “Seasonal Worker” in order to eliminate the unintended exclusions contained in the current definition. • The amendment aims to bring back into coverage those workers who are currently excluded because they worked for an aggregate period of less than 3 months

  20. Section 3.1(b) • The current legislation excludes from coverage all workers/employees who receive renumeration under a learnership agreement. • The amendment aims to exclude from coverage only those employees who enter learnerships in terms of Section 18(2) of the Skills Development Act 97 of 1998 i.e. Learners who were not in the employment of the employer when the agreement was concluded.

  21. Section 3.1(c) • The amendment seeks to exclude those officers or employees as defined under Secton 1(1) of the Public Service Act,1994; in other words, Public Servants.

  22. Section 3.1(e) • Current provision provide that all employees including those in receipt of a monthly state social pension contribute to the fund, but Section 14.1(a) explicitly excludes those employees in receipt of a state social pension from accessing benefits. • The amendment is aimed at eliminating this contradiction by excluding those employees in receipt of a monthly state social pension from contributing while they are unable to access benefits

  23. Section 11 • This amendment is aimed at correcting a mistake in which the Minister, instead of the Commissioner is expected in terms to the law to prepare a business plan. • This amendment streamlines the provisions of this law with those of the PFMA

  24. Section 12 • The present legislation does not take into account the situation of multiple employement relationships and as a result fails to cater for those workers work for multiple employers and who in the process of their employment lose one or more jobs. • The amendment addresses the above situation by insertion a new provision that recognises above situaton and brings in a concept of “partial unemployment” for those workers with multiple employers in Section 12(5) and 12(6)

  25. Section 16(iv) • This amendment is intended to bring in a provision that recognises that in the case of domestic workers, unemployment may arise as a result of the death of the employer of that domestic worker.

  26. Sections 21,24 and 27 • The current provisions in Sections 21,24 and 27 provides for two benefit regimes which were not intended. • The amendment is aimed at streamlining the benefits to allow claims officers to top-up benefits for those employees who continue to receive income from their employers whilst unemployed as result of maternity, ill-health or are required by law to take adoption leave.

  27. Section 37 • This amendment is brought in to replace the jurisdiction of the CCMA over UIF matters and to provide that the Minister after consultation with the UIF Board appoint Regional Appeals Committees to adjudicate all complaints arising out of the decision of the claims officer/s.A decision by the National Appeals Committee will be final.

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