Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act 32 of 2003

The Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act 32 of 2003 intends:

• to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act, 2001, so as:
  • to define certain expressions and to amend or delete certain definitions;
  • to exclude persons who receive a State pension from the application of the Act;
  • to provide anew for the compilation and filing of a business plan;
  • to extend the right to benefits to domestic workers who are employed by more than one employer;
  • to extend the right to unemployment benefits to a domestic worker whose contract of employment is terminated by the death of his or her employer;
  • to adjust the benefits payable to contributors in respect of illness, maternity and adoption;
  • to provide for the establishment of regional appeals committees; and
  • to provide anew for the settling of disputes relating to payment or non-payment of benefits; and
• to provide for matters connected therewith.

Commencement

14 November 2003