When UIF for domestic workers first came in, I asked for a number (which I was actually allocated - yippee something worked to start with).
I then told them I would be paying annually (on a form on their website which seems to have now changed format) and promtly paid the full year's UIF contributions up front as even if my domestic had left in the first quarter of the year it was cheaper than when paying banking fees for a monthly debit order! (I pay both amounts so I didn't just take a chunk of money out of her wages in one shot...)
In the three(?) years since then I have received a monthly UIF form. For the first six months, I religiously sent it back to them saying that I had already paid and would they please stop wasting the fund's precious funds (sic) by sending me an item of mail every month.
So, nowdays I just turf the monthly UIF letter in the recycle bin, make a payment on the 1st March each year and keep proof of the payment on file. Sorted. One less thing to remember each month.
Cheers
A
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