Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)

Notices

Covid-19 Temporary Relief Scheme, 2020

5. Application procedure
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5.1. The employers shall apply by reporting their closure to email box Covid19tersa,labour.gov.za and there shall be an automatic response outlining the application process.

 

5.2 The employer shall be required to furnish the Unemployment Insurance Fund with the following completed documents:
5.2.1 Letter of authority from the company;
5.2.2 Signed memorandum of agreement from the employer or bargaining council with the UIF, or written or electronic confirmation of acceptance by an employer or bargaining council of the terms and conditions of the scheme provided to the employer or bargaining council or published in writing by the UIF.

[Directive 5(5.2.2) substituted by Notice No. 240, GG43216, dated 8 April 2020]

 

5.3 Subject to the amount of the benefit contemplated in clause 3.6, an employee may only receive covid-19 benefits in terms of the Directive if the total of the benefit together with any additional payment by the employer in any period is not more than the remuneration that the employee would ordinarily have received for working during that period.

[Directive 5(5.3) substituted by Notice No. 240, GG43216, dated 8 April 2020]

 

5.4 An employer who has required an employee to take annual leave during the period of the lockdown in terms of section 20(1)(b) of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act 75 of 1997) may set off an amount received from the UIF in respect of that employee's COVID-19 benefit against the amount paid to the employee in respect of annual leave provided that the employee is credited with the proportionate entitlement to paid annual leave in the future.

[Clause 5.4 inserted by section 4 of Notice No. R. 486, GG43265, dated 4 May 2020]

 

5.5To speed payment of COVID-19 benefits to employees, employers are urged to pay employees based on clause 3.4 of the Directive and reimburse or set off such with COVID-19 benefits claim payments from UIF.

[Clause 5.5 inserted by section 4 of Notice No. R. 486, GG43265, dated 4 May 2020]