UIF opens applications for Covid-19 TERS benefit extension

Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has signed an updated Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) Directive, which was gazetted on March 4, laying the foundation for the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) to process claims for the new TERS extension. The new Directive is the sequel to the announcement of the extension pronounced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address in February of further support to sectors that are unable to operate owing to lockdown measures.