Unemployment Insurance Act, 2001 (Act No. 63 of 2001)

Chapter 8 : General

Purchase

(1)	Every employer must, as soon as it commences activities as an employer, provide the information referred to in subsection (2) regarding its employees to the Commissioner, irrespective of the earnings of such employees.

(2) The information contemplated in subsection (1) must –

(a)	include the street address of the business, and any of its branches, of the employer;

(b)	if the employer is not resident in the Republic, or is a body corporate not registered in the Republic, include the particulars of the authorised person who is required to carry out the duties of the employer in terms of this Act; and

(c)	include the names, identification numbers and monthly remuneration of each of its employees, and must state the address at which the employee is employed.

(3)	Every employer must, before the seventh day of each month, provide the Commissioner with all information for the previous month in terms of subsection (1).

[Section 56(3) substituted by section 16(a) of Notice No. 35, GG 40557, dated 19 January 2017 (Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act, 2016)]

(3A)	The Minister will issue regulations on a special dispensation applicable to domestic employers and small businesses or enterprises regarding the submission of information in subsection (3).

[Section 56(3A) inserted by section 16(b) of Notice No. 35, GG 40557, dated 19 January 2017 (Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act, 2016)]

(4)	The Commissioner may request the employer to provide such additional particulars as may reasonably be required to give effect to the purpose of this Act within 30 days of the request, or within such extended period as the Commissioner may allow.