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EMPLOYMENT
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Claiming Compensation for Occupational Injuries or Diseases
Workers who are injured or contract a disease through their work are able to claim money from the Compensation Fund. Families can also claim if their breadwinner died through work related disease or injury. >
Claiming Unemployment Insurance
What is the Unemployment Insurance Fund? How Does the Fund Help Employees? How Much Money Can Workers Claim? Can You Get an Extension When You Have Used up Your Benefits? ... >
Maternity and Paternity Leave
Female employees have a right to four months maternity leave. This leave can start four weeks before the expected date of birth and the employee cannot be forced to go back to work for six weeks after the birth of the child. >
Reporting a Hazardous Workplace
The Occupational Health and Safety Act gives workers the right to a healthy and safe work environment. It tells management to set up safety representatives and safety committees in the workplace. It also regulates things like toilets, change rooms, first aid, drinking water, ... >
Unemployment Insurance Fund for Domestic Workers
South African labour laws require that domestic workers who work more than 24 hours a month must be registered for the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF). This includes part-time and full-time domestic workers. >
The content on this page was last updated on 1 March 2012
