If your application for UIF benefits has been turned down you or your representative must write to the Regional Appeals Committee within 3 months (or 90 days) of being told that benefits will not be paid out.

What must be included in the appeal?

• Name and address of the person appealing
• Identity number
• Date of applying for benefits
• The office where the application was made
• The date on which the claims officer gave the decision
• The details of the claims officer’s decision and why the employee wants to complain
• The reasons for the appeal

All this information must be set out in a statement which the employee must sign.

Address the letter to the Regional Appeals Committee of the Provincial office of the Department of Labour.

Further Appeals

If the Regional Appeals Committee again refuses the employee’s application, then the employee can appeal again to:

The National Appeals Committee
Unemployment Insurance Board
PO Box 1851, Pretoria 0001