LETTER: UIF claims will skyrocket as coronavirus takes hold
Increase in retrenchments will put the Unemployment Insurance Fund under pressure
22 March 2020 - 21:13
Now that the department of employment & labour has sent out a protocol for people who test positive for the coronavirus and need to claim from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) we are going to see thousands of those claims coming in hourly.
Already the UIF is battling with the weight of claims coming in daily, and we can expect to see this multiple tenfold within days...
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