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Yvonne
Can anyone help me?
we have an employee going on maternity leave.
Taking one month before the birth, and three months after. she has worked for 4 years and is entitled to the full 4 months UIF Benefit.
She is due for 3 weeks annual leave.
May the company pay "her out" in cash for her leave? so that she can claim as much UIF as permitted being the full four months of her benefit?
Being last date at work 30th November? if she must take her leave as per normal her last date at work would be end of December?
We have been unable to get an answer as to what % of her salary she will receive from UIF, telephone calls to their help line have been no assistance, we are told : Only UIF will calculate it and that it will be between 38% - 58%.
Regarding the leave, the answer is pay her for December, being the leave, then she only needs to claim for three months UIF, and that it would not make any difference to her UIF claim, I am not sure they understood my question.
We have read various articles that say it is taking months for maternity UIF benefits to be paid? is this the general procedure?
We investigated companies which handle the UIF maternity applications and assist in timeous payments, the fee is from R600 which seems to be substantial, we are considering offering this service, but wonder if there could be any unthought of consequences which come back to haunt us through labor law? any suggestions?
thanks
Yvonne
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