Civil society groups — representing farmworkers, domestic workers and precarious industrial workers — asked the government to extend the UIF’s benefit to workers with non-complying employers. Labour and Employment Ministeramended the Ters directive in May to allow for this, but there is little evidence that these workers were ever able to access the relief.
The UIF’s own data shows that domestic workers are still among those workers who have benefited the least from the scheme.hunger and food insecurityThe Nids-Cram survey found that 47% of households reported they ran out of money to buy food in April. One in five respondents said someone in their household went hungry in the last week. Moreover, in households with children, 8% reported frequent child hunger lasting three or more days in the last week.
The Nids-Cram research report on household resource flows and food poverty recommends that social relief be strengthened to tackle the lockdown hunger crisis. This includes the UIF: “While the social insurance system may not reach informal workers, where people are due to be paid UIF due to job losses, this system needs to work. The likelihood of hunger is significantly higher in households that report that their main sources of income, such as earnings, have been lost. Urgent attention needs to be given to
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