The Unemployment Insurance Fund has been able to set up offices in various locations in the country that one can easily use to access their services. You can contact the UIF Offices in Durban via the ‘”Government Building Victoria and Beach Groove, Durban Central, Durban, 4001, South Africa”.

The UIF has been able to set up offices in various provinces and this has given many person access to them and their officials. These offices have been set up to be able to provide answers to your questions and make things easy for those who are trying to apply for claims/benefits but do not know how to go through with the online method.

UIF Durban Office

You can reach the UIF Durban office here with the details below;

• Address: Government Building Victoria and Beach Groove, Durban Central, Durban, 4001, South Africa
• Telephone: +27 31 336 1500
• Operating Hours: Monday – Fridays, 7:37:30 am- 4:00 pm

The UIF Durban office is open during working days of the week and they are ready to attend to any pressing issues that are affecting you. One of the major issues of the UIF is not being able to attend to everyone at once as sometimes you will have to wait in the queue and this might take hours before you can be attended to, this is why you should pay attention to trying to check online or send an email if they can rectify any issue you are having.

Department of Labour Durban

The department of labour Durban is in charge of so many operations in the UIF at Durban. Below are the contact details of every UIF office in the country. Every province has been listed here.

UIF Pretoria Contact Number

You can contact the UIF Pretoria here, below is their office address and operating hours.

• Street Address: UIF Building, 230 Lillian Ngoyi Street, ABSA Towers, Pretoria Central
• Operating Hours: Monday – Fridays, 7:30am – 4:00 pm
• Postal Address: The UIF Pretoria, 0052
• Email Address: [email protected], [email protected] OR [email protected]
• Fax: 086 713 3000
• Telephone: 0800 030 007 (for a call centre) or 012 337 1997 (For a switchboard).

The UIF is a scheme that was established to help everyone in society. If you are a worker you must contribute to the UIF scheme as this will help you in times of need. The UIF has listed tiers that are available for benefits in their scheme which are as follows; unemployment, illness, maternity, adoption and death.

These five (5) ters are known to be what the UIF is giving out as benefits to those that are contributing to their schemes. As an employer, you are given the task of making sure that your employees register for the UIF scheme and make sure that they have all the supporting documents that are needed to register.

If you are a domestic employer or a commercial employer, you must register for the UIF scheme and make sure you pay the 1% contribution that is needed monthly. Long as you do work more than 24h a month you are entitled to register for the UIF scheme and you must know the rules that are binding the UIF scheme.

The UIF pays about 38-58% of your salary monthly and this is one of those schemes that benefit you in the long run. As you contribute the UIF is being notified as your employer will have to upload a declaration form stating that you have contributed to the UIF scheme. If you are faced with any challenges over the years like unemployment and others you can then apply for the UIF scheme and then try to get supporting documents that are needed for you to be able to get those claims.

If you have been contributing to the UIF for four years (4) or even six months you are entitled to receive benefits for some time till you can get a new job and the UIF will take it upon itself to get a new job for yourself as well.

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The UIF offices in Durban can be contacted for any issue that you are facing. You are to visit the office and then speak to any of the officials that is in charge to know how they can be of help to you.