The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)
will from today, April 11 to May 6 commence with a service delivery
drive in the Eastern Cape.
They will be utilising its fully-equipped bus that is
installed with state of the art computers to service clients and process UIF
claims and benefits on the spot.
Most
employers where hit hard since the advent of
COVID-19 pandemic and could not operate on a full scale, which caused them to
retrench or put their employees on reduced work time. Since then the number of
UIF enquiries grew drastically and resulted in snaking queues at Labour
Centres.
Moreover,
there has been a notable outcry and information gap of Employment and Labour
services in remote areas in particular the UIF processing, which has led to the
Department employing innovations such as a rapid response to the needs on the
ground. The Department currently has 16 Labour Centres, 5 Satellite Offices
opened 5 days a week and 79 Visiting Points visited either once or twice a
week/month as per need.
Evidence shows that this was not enough as there is a
dire need of services especially in rural areas and outskirts of the Province, thus the bus will be focusing on these areas to ensure that disadvantaged
clients benefit from Employment and Labour services.
“Employment
and Labour Department strives to continuously
bring services closer to the people to address bottlenecks affecting service
delivery. With the availability of the UIF Bus in the province, access to
Employment and Labour services is guaranteed and this will assist in bringing
temporary relief as pending claims and enquiries will be resolved on the spot, resulting in improved quality of life of our clients”, said Chief Director of Provincial Operations, Nomfundo Douw-Jack.
The
Unemployment Insurance Fund contributes to the alleviation of poverty in South Africa by providing short-term relief through
unemployment insurance benefits to all workers who qualify for such benefits.
Its core services are registration of UIF claims: ordinary unemployment
benefits, in-service
benefits (illness, maternity, adoption, commission parental – surrogate) and
deceased benefits.
All times are from 08:00 to 15:30
- 11 April – Main Road, opposite Spar building, Willowvale
- 12 April – Main Road Photelwe building, Idutywa
- 13 April – Main Road, Home Affairs building, Centane
- 19 April – Cnr Alfred and Garden Streets, Stutterheim
- 20 April – 38 Fletcher Street, Cathcart
- 21 April – Alfa Dlamini Heights, Hamburg Road, Peddie
- 22 April – Magistrate’s Court, Keiskammahoek
- 25 April – Multipurpose Centre, Misgund and Multipurpose Centre, Joubertina
- 26 April – Community Halls in Metlerkamp Street, Patensie and Stand 596, Hankey
- 28 April – Community Hall Ramaphosa Location, Humansdorp and Main Road, Jeffreys Bay
- 29 April – 16 Market Street, Kirkwood and Nomatamsanqa Municipal Building in Main Road, Addo
- 3 May – Municipal Town Hall, Main Street, Engcobo
- 4 May – Constituency office, next to Magistrate’s office, Qumbu
- 5 May – Koyana’s place, Main Street, Xhorha
- 6 May – Main Street, next to Home Affairs, Mqanduli
