Quick Answer How Does UIF Work for Employers in South Africa? As an employer you register on uFiling, register every employee, deduct 1% UIF from each salary and add 1% yourself (on remuneration up to R17,712/month), declare and pay monthly, and submit a UI-19 whenever an employee leaves. That is the whole monthly cycle. What this means in plain language UIF money protects your employees when they are retrenched, on maternity leave or too ill to work. Your job is only to collect and pay it over – the fund, not you, pays the benefits. Most employers pay UIF to SARS together with PAYE on the monthly EMP201. Employers below…