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It depends on the company's pension or provident fund rules, but usually they leave it to the insurance company to decide whether you qualify. If you do, you will be paid a monthly stipend.
Given the legal requirements surrounding annual leave, it may be simpler to employ more than one carer.
If this is the case, you can report your employer to the trustees of the fund, who will take action.
No, you can only receive compensation if you were diagnosed with TB within one year of leaving work. But if you can prove you had latent TB prior, you might have a shot.
You can report them to the labour department.
Yes, but SASSA grants are means tested, and UIF and pension benefits count as income, so your grant will be less.
They may have a specific reason, so you'll need to ask them. If they won't help, you can lay a complaint.
If you have something with her ID number on, go to Home Affairs and ask them to help you with the ID. You can report her death by lodging a completed death notice.
It depends whether your monthly provident fund withdrawals put you over the maximum allowed income to qualify for the disability grant.
There is no law compelling employers of domestic workers to provide a pension, but they do need to register the worker for UIF.