Labour and Employment Minister Thulas Nxesi said on Sunday that the Unemployment Insurance Fund has so far processed relief payments to 862 550 workers to the tune of just over R3-billion since April 16.
The payments are meant to ease the pain of the salary shortfall as most companies are closed because of the coronavirus lockdown imposed by government in March.
If the application is complete, accurate and valid, at best the Department of Labour will process the payment within 24 hours, and at worst, within 48 hours.
Nxesi said despite these payouts, the Labour Department still feels that a lot more employers should be availing the funds to ease the burden not only to the businesses but also to the employees who are at home.
“We have at least 1.8-million employers on our database with the payroll to over 8-million workers. So far 59 168 employers have accessed the
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