Ters payments to be honoured even after closure of applications
The labour minister said the government is closely monitoring the liquidity of the UIF and alluded to a mass employment programme
13 October 2020 - 17:05
Thousands of workers still waiting for payment from the government’s Covid-19 relief scheme will receive the money despite applications for the fund closing at the end of October, employment and labour minister Thulas Nxesi told the National Council of Provinces on Tuesday.
Nxesi said that as long as applications were in the system before the closing date, the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), would continue to process them. But he said the fund could not continue receiving applications “indefinitely”...
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