About registering as an employer with the UIF

If you have employees who are employed by you for more than 24 hours per month, you are required by law to register with the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) and contribute towards the Fund.

You must deduct and contribute one percent of your worker's gross salary per month. One percent is paid by the worker and one percent by you as an employer.

The total contribution is two percent of the worker's gross remuneration (wages/salary).

Note:

• The UIF applies to all employers and employees excluding public servants, employees who are employed for less than 24 hours a month, learners, foreigners who at the end of their contract are expected to be repatriated to their place of origin and commission earners.
• A domestic worker is an employee who performs domestic work in the home of employer, and includes a:
• gardener
• person employed by a household as a driver of a motor vehicle; and
• person who takes care of any person in that home, but does not include a farm worker.
  

What you should do

There are different ways in which you can register with the UIF.

• Registering by e-mail: 
• complete forms UI-8 (details of employer or employer representative), UI-19 and UI-8D (domestic employer)
• the UIF will create a unique reference number and it will be forward to you 
• you must e-mail the forms to the UIF at webmaster@uif.gov.za. 
• Registering by telephone (Domestic sector): 
• you must have household physical address and the ID numbers of all your employees before phoning the UIF 
• phone the UIF at (012) 337 1680 and follow the instructions from the voice prompt. 
• Sending forms through mail: 
• You can mail completed forms to the UIF at: The UIF, 94 Church Street, Pretoria, 0052 or P.O Box 1851, Pretoria, 0001
  
• Registering at a labour centre:
• go to your nearest labour centre
• complete  forms UI-8, UI-19 and UI-8D (if applicable)
• bring ID numbers of your employees and the physical address of the business/household
• the UIF will create a unique reference number and it will be forwarded to you.
  

Timeframe

It takes 48 hours to register a business or household with the UIF.

How much does it cost

The service is free.

Forms to complete

• Application for registration as employer with UIF, Form UI-8
• Application for registration as employer of domestic worker, Form UI-8D 
  
• Declaration of information of commercial employees and workers employed in a private household, Form UI-19.
  

Who to contact