The full step-by-step process, documents, payout times and the mistakes that cause delays.
Work out your likely benefit, the maximum payout, and exactly what affects the amount.
Check your claim online, understand each status, and fix a claim that is stuck or declined.
How much you get at the 66% rate, the 121-day limit, who qualifies and how to apply.
When you can claim for illness, how much you get, and the documents you need.
The complete document checklist and what to do if your employer will not cooperate.
The general rule, the constructive-dismissal exception, and what really decides eligibility.
What it is, who completes it, and why the reason-for-leaving code can make or break your claim.
Registration, the 1%+1% rates, the ceiling, deadlines, declarations and exemptions.
The contribution and benefit formula, the 38-60% scale, credit days and worked examples.
A clean, sourced reference to the UIF rate and earnings-ceiling history from 2002 to 2026.
Every guide is checked against the official 2026 UIF figures and carries a “last reviewed” date. Need a number now? Open the calculator.