• Unemployment Insurance Act, 2001 (Act No. 63 of 2001)
  • Notice No. 88 of 2002
  • Act
  • Chapter 1 : Introductory Provisions
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Purpose of this Act
    • 3. Application of this Act
  • Chapter 2 : Unemployment Insurance Fund
    • 4. Establishment of Unemployment Insurance Fund
    • 5. Application of Fund
    • 6. Raising of funds, loans and obtaining bank overdraft facilities
    • 7. Investment of money of Fund
    • 8. Donations and bequests to Fund
    • 9. Appointment of and annual review by actuary
    • 10. Surplus and deficit in Fund
    • 11. Accounting, auditing and financial reporting
  • Chapter 3 : Claiming Benefits
    • Part A : Right to benefits
      • 12. Right to benefits
      • 13. Calculation of benefits
      • 14. Contributor not entitled to benefits under certain circumstances
    • Part B : Unemployment benefits
      • 15. Calculation of period of unemployment under this Part
      • 16. Right to unemployment benefits
      • 17. Application for unemployment benefits
      • 18. Payment of unemployment benefits
    • Part C : Illness benefits
      • 19. Determination of period of illness under this Part
      • 20. Right to illness benefits
      • 21. Calculation of illness benefits
      • 22. Application for illness benefits
      • 23. Payment of illness benefits
    • Part D : Maternity benefits
      • 24. Right to maternity benefits
      • 25. Application for maternity benefits
      • 26. Payment of maternity benefits
    • Part DA : Parental benefits
      • 26A. Right to parental benefits
      • 26B. Application for parental benefits
      • 26C. Payment of parental benefits
    • Part E : Adoption benefits
      • 27. Right to adoption benefits
      • 28. Application for adoption benefits
      • 29. Payment of adoption benefits
    • Part EA : Commissioning parental benefits
      • 29A. Right to commissioning parental benefits
      • 29B. Application for commissioning parental benefits
      • 29C. Payment of commissioning parental benefits
    • Part F : Dependant’s benefits
      • 30. Right to dependant's benefits
      • 31. Application for dependant's benefits
      • 32. Payment of dependant's benefits
    • Part G : General provisions relating to claiming benefits
      • 33. Benefits not to be assigned, attached or set off
      • 34. Benefits not subject to taxation
      • 35. Recovery of benefits paid in error
      • 36. Suspension of contributor's right to benefits
      • 36A. Establishment of regional appeals committees
      • 37. Disputes relating to payment or non-payment of benefits
  • Chapter 4 : Enforcement
    • 38. [Repealed] Securing undertakings
    • 39. [Repealed] Compliance order
    • 40. [Repealed] Objections to compliance order
    • 41. [Repealed] Compliance order may be made an order of Labour Court
    • 42. Duty of employer
  • Chapter 5 : Commissioner and Claims Officers
    • 43. Designation of Unemployment Insurance Commissioner
    • 44. Report of Commissioner, and delegation and assignment of powers and duties
    • 45. Commissioner may deem person to be contributor
    • 46. Appointment of claims officers
  • Chapter 6 : Unemployment Insurance Board
    • 47. Establishment of Unemployment Insurance Board
    • 48. Powers and duties of Unemployment Insurance Board
    • 49. Composition of Unemployment Insurance Board
    • 50. Constitution of Unemployment Insurance Board
    • 51. Administration and provision of resources to Unemployment Insurance Board
    • 52. Remuneration and allowances to members of Unemployment Insurance Board
    • 53. Indemnification of members of Unemployment Insurance Board
  • Chapter 7 : Regulations
    • 54. Regulations
    • 55. Procedure when issuing regulations
  • Chapter 8 : General
    • 56. Information to be supplied by employer
    • 57. Creation and maintenance of database
    • 58. Powers and duties of Director-General
    • 59. Certain instruments exempt from stamp duty
    • 60. Recovery of losses caused by employees of Fund
    • 61. Recovery of loss generally
    • 62. Evidence
    • 63. Disclosure of information
    • 64. General prohibited conduct
    • 65. Penalties
    • 66. Jurisdiction of Labour Court
    • 67. Stating of case to Labour Court
    • 68. Delegation and assignment by Minister
    • 69. Persons regarded as contributors for purposes of Act
    • 70. Repeal of laws
    • 71. Transitional arrangements
    • 72. Act binds State
    • 73. Short title and commencement
  • Schedules
    • Schedule 1 : Transitional Arrangements
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Regulations
      • 3. Transferal of assets, liabilities, rights and obligations of Unemployment Insura
      • 4. Continuity of Unemployment Insurance Board
      • 5. Claims against Unemployment Insurance Fund
      • 6. Appeals against of claims officers
      • 7. Investigations and prosecutions
      • 8. Duty of employer to provide particulars of employees at commencement of this ite
    • Schedule 2 : Mathematical calculation of Contributor's Entitlement
    • Schedule 3 : Scale of Contributor's entitlement to Benefits
• Regulations
  • Regulations in terms of Section 54 of the Act
    • Notice No. R. 400 of 2002
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Proof of identity
    • 3. Reduced working time benefits in terms of section 12(1B) of the Act
    • 4. Illness benefits in terms of section 22 of the Act
    • 5. Maternity benefits in terms of section 25 of the Act
    • 6. Adoption benefits in terms of section 28 of the Act
    • 7. Dependant's benefits in terms of section 31 of the Act
    • 8. Appeals in terms of section 37(1) of the Act
    • 9. Referral to arbitration in terms of section 37(2) of the Act
    • 10. [Repealed] Securing an Undertaking
    • 11. [Repealed] Compliance orders
    • 12. [Repealed] Objection to compliance orders
    • 13. Providing information in terms of section 56
    • 14. Transitional Provisions
    • 15. Commencement
    • Forms 
• Notices
  • Increase of the maximum income threshold of the Unemployment Insurance Fund - 2006
    • Notice No. 516 of 2006
  • Calculation of benefits in terms of Section 13
    • Notice No. 98 of 2007 
  • Increase of the maximum income threshold of the Unemployment Insurance Fund - 2007
    • Notice No. 801 of 2007
  • Increase of the Scale of Benefits - 2012
    • Notice No. 588 of 2012
  • Increase of the Scale of Benefits - 2017
    • Notice No. 231 of 2017
  • Commencement of the Labour Laws Amendment Act, 2018
    • Notice No. R. 509 of 2019