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Your UIF and provident fund money should be unaffected. How you left the company affects whether you can claim your money now.
You should go to the SASSA office and explain the situation and why you are applying for the Child Support Grant.
If complaints are reported to the labour department, it is required to investigate and see that the law is followed.
Each time you claim benefits, the UIF cycle stops and then starts again when you return to work and resume paying UIF contributions.
Workers only receive outstanding payments once all secured creditors of the airline have been paid. This usually takes about 6 to 24 months.
You can apply for SASSA Temporary Disability Grant while you wait for the outcome of the tribunal.
SASSA can demand repayment for the period that your income exceeded the qualifying amount of the grant.
You should report this to UIF and ask them to intervene, as you cannot claim your UIF benefits until your employer sends the documents.
You can apply for a disability grant at your nearest SASSA office.
If a person’s provident or pension fund has not been claimed, the fund will usually place the money in an Unclaimed Benefits Fund while they wait for it to be claimed.