Hi Dave,

Sorry for contributing rather late to your post. We are a company which specialises in submitting UIF maternity benefits claims on behalf of pregnant women and while I don't agree to everything which was posted here, some of it is certainly true. Ufiling is a mess and I strongly urge everybody not to use it to file a claim.

We submit all claims at the Labour Centre in paper (very 19th century, I know) but at least claims are approved within 5-7 weeks. There are so many things which can go pear-shaped with a claim if you don't know what to submit. In most cases the employment history is not updated and that will auto-reject any claim.

We have done hundreds of claims and because we do nothing else know what is required.

If you contact us at UIF-Hero via hello@uif-hero.co.za we can try and help your staff member.