1. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND
PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON LABOUR
12 AUGUST 2003

2. Domestic Workers Resource Mobilization Registration campaign
systems readiness
Form designs
policies and procedures,etc
Registration campaign
Publicity campaign
Training

3. Domestics Registrations
458439
48435
111485
173417
104345
20757
Employees
536961
14095
34141
201652
217385
69688
Employers
Total
July
June
May
April
March

4. Domestics Registrations

5. Call Center Calls
1 690
42 445
44 135
July
42 844
54 635
97 479
June
37 083
May
27 551
April
17 866
March
Lost
Answered
Received

6. Call Center Calls

7. Web Registrations 3011 33360 43027 TOTAL 1084 199 CORMMERCIAL 1927
33218
42828
DOMESTICS
JUNE
MAY
APRIL

8. Web Registrations

9. Publicity Campaign Media release- registration statistics
Community Radio stations advertisements
Briefing to Business Women Association
TV and Radio talkshows
Newspaper advertisements (Sunday Times, Sunday World, Sowetan, Star, City Press, Beeld and Citizen)

10. Publicity Campaign Announcements SABC/ETV/MNET
Distribution of pamphlets and registration forms-Shopping Malls
Minister’s train ride
TV/RADIO advertisements
May day rally

11. Training-employees Free State KZN Eastern Cape Limpopo North-West
Mpumalanga
Training Co-ordinators 93 66 63 95 59 30 35

12. Constraints Complicated registration forms Call centre Staff shortages
Telephone line challenges
Overtime
Delay in issuing reference numbers

13. Constraints Bad publicity Influx of applications
Multiple registrations
Delayed reference numbers
Capacity challenges on online registrations

14. Successes Fax on demand Voluntary unpaid overtime
registrations as at 29 July 2003
domestic workers on database
Online registrations
Call centre registrations
Multiple payment options

15. MATERNITY

16. Maternity Benefits Object:
To Explore various permuntations to determine
affordability of the proposed maternity scheme.
(4 months with full Pay)
Approach:
An actuarial investigation was commissioned during 2002 and the report is in the process of finalisation and government will decide once the report has been finalised

17. UIF AMENDMENT BILL

18. Section 1
The Amendment aims to delete the definitions of “CCMA” in order to comply with changes in Section 37 , where the UIF and the Regional Appeals Committees will take over the adjudication of appeals.
The CCMA will no longer have jurisdiction over UIF appeals

19. Section 1 cont.
The Amendment aims to delete the definition of “Seasonal Worker” in order to eliminate the unintended exclusions contained in the current definition.
The amendment aims to bring back into coverage those workers who are currently excluded because they worked for an aggregate period of less than 3 months

20. Section 3.1(b) The current legislation excludes from coverage
all workers/employees who receive renumeration under a learnership agreement.
The amendment aims to exclude from coverage only those employees who enter learnerships in terms of Section 18(2) of the Skills Development Act 97 of 1998 i.e. Learners who were not in the employment of the employer when the agreement was concluded.

21. Section 3.1(c)
The amendment seeks to exclude those officers or employees as defined under Secton 1(1) of the Public Service Act,1994; in other words, Public Servants.

22. Section 3.1(e)
Current provision provide that all employees including those in receipt of a monthly state social pension contribute to the fund, but Section 14.1(a) explicitly excludes those employees in receipt of a state social pension from accessing benefits.
The amendment is aimed at eliminating this contradiction by excluding those employees in receipt of a monthly state social pension from contributing while they are unable to access benefits

23. Section 11
This amendment is aimed at correcting a mistake in which the Minister, instead of the Commissioner is expected in terms to the law to prepare a business plan.
This amendment streamlines the provisions of this law with those of the PFMA

24. Section 12
The present legislation does not take into account the situation of multiple employement relationships and as a result fails to cater for those workers work for multiple employers and who in the process of their employment lose one or more jobs.
The amendment addresses the above situation by insertion a new provision that recognises above situaton and brings in a concept of “partial unemployment” for those workers with multiple employers in Section 12(5) and 12(6)

25. Section 16(iv)
This amendment is intended to bring in a provision that recognises that in the case of domestic workers, unemployment may arise as a result of the death of the employer of that domestic worker.

26. Sections 21,24 and 27
The current provisions in Sections 21,24 and 27 provides for two benefit regimes which were not intended.
The amendment is aimed at streamlining the benefits to allow claims officers to top-up benefits for those employees who continue to receive income from their employers whilst unemployed as result of maternity, ill-health or are required by law to take adoption leave.

27. Section 37
This amendment is brought in to replace the jurisdiction of the CCMA over UIF matters and to provide that the Minister after consultation with the UIF Board appoint Regional Appeals Committees to adjudicate all complaints arising out of the decision of the claims officer/s.A decision by the National Appeals Committee will be final.