UIF increase 2017

In March 2017 an increase in UIF was announced, which came into effect from the 1st of April 2017. This has led to a lot of confusion. For all the legal ramifications you can read this excellent article on the BusinessTech website: https://businesstech.co.za/news/finance/175605/government-to-blame-for-confusion-over-new-uif-contribution-and-benefit-rules/ In short, the amount payable for UIF benefits has increased, but UIF contributions have NOT changed. But the Labour Department has been advising people differently even though there is no Government Gazette notice or announcement regarding an increase in UIF contributions. The uFiling platform has also been changed to the new amounts for contributions. While they are legally wrong, this is still causing a lot of inconvenience for our customers.

As a result, we are giving customers to use the legally correct ceiling value for the UIF, or to use the rate that the uFiling platform is insisting on.