South Africa | What are the UIF Employment Status Code Descriptions on the UIF Declaration File?
The Employment Status descriptions are displayed as codes on the UIF Declaration File.
These codes are related to the below descriptions:
- 01 - Active
- 02 - Deceased
- 03 - Retired
- 04 - Dismissed
- 05 - Contract Expired
- 06 - Resigned
- 07 - Constructively Dismissed
- 08 - Employers Insolvency
- 09 - Maternity / Adoption leave
- 10 - Illness leave
- 11 - Retrenched
- 12 - Transfer to another branch
- 13 - Absconded
- 14 - Business Closed
- 15 - Death of Domestic employer
- 16 - Voluntary Severance Package
- 17 - Reduced Working Time
- 19 - Parental Leave
This field is required and contains the employee’s employment status as at the month end.
Where an employee has been transferred in terms of Section 197 of the Labour Relations Act [transfer of a business by one employer (“the old employer”) to another employer (“the new employer”) as a going concern] and the new employer has a different UIF reference number then the service must be terminated with code 12 (Transfer to another branch).
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