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You can take the matter to the CCMA or Labour Department. Unfortunately, getting payment will be more difficult for undocumented foreign nationals.
Your boyfriend or his lawyer need to fill in a request form from the Compensation Commission to ask them to re-open his case.
You could refer the dispute to the Labour Court for arbitration, on the basis that the employer, has effectively unfairly dismissed you.
As a refugee, you have the right to fair work conditions and equal access to benefits like the UIF, medical, and provident fund if others at your workplace receive them.
Your employer was supposed to report your injury, but since they didn’t, you should go to the Department of Labour with all your documents to see if you can still get help.
The employer is breaking the law, and you have the right to report them and file a claim directly with the Compensation Commissioner to access the death benefits, for yourself and your children.
You should lay a complaint against the UIF at the Department of Employment and Labour.
It depends whether your monthly provident fund withdrawals put you over the maximum allowed income to qualify for the disability grant.
Yes, but SASSA grants are means tested, and UIF and pension benefits count as income, so your grant will be less.