How to Appeal a Rejected UIF Claim

How to Appeal a Rejected UIF Claim 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.

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.

Example of Letter of Appeal Against the Refusal to Pay UIF

Send this notice of appeal to the Regional Appeals Committee at the provincial office of the Department of Labour with a covering letter from the worker or advice office worker. Remember to fill in the details specific to your own case.

Example:

UIF Appeal

1. The appellant:	Tafeni Jongumzi



2. Appellant’s address:	c/o Claremont Advice Office PO Box 51 Claremont 4051



3. Identity number:	3602125134189



4 Name and address of employer:	Claremont Municipality PO Box 1711 Claremont 4051



5. Date of application for benefits:	31/08/2015



6. Address where application was made:	Department of Labour (Claremont)



7. Date when I heard of Claim Officer’s decision:	18/10/2015



8. Claim Officer’s decision:	Benefits refused because I was not in employment for 13 weeks in the last year, and not unemployed due to illness for more than 2 weeks.



9. Reasons for appeal:	I was employed at the Municipality from 11/01/98 until 30/04/2015

Application for benefits was made on 31/08/2015. Therefore I was in employment for more than 13 weeks in the year before applying for benefits. I was also already unemployed for more than two weeks due to illness when I applied for benefits. I am therefore entitled to UIF benefits.