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Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant says Unemployment Insurance Fund benefits are set to increase.
She says the prudent investment of funds by the UIF management and the board means that government is now in a position to increase unemployment insurance benefits from the current eight months to a year.
This was subject to legislative amendment approval.
Oliphant was speaking at a domestic workers imbizo in Bloemfontein.
She said other changes to UIF benefits would be the maternity benefit.
It would be increased from the current 121 days to a period of four months based on a flat income replacement rate of 66 percent.
The maternity benefits will also be applicable to domestic workers.
She called for domestic workers to ensure that their employers complied with UIF laws and registered them.
