UIF Domestic Worker Back Payments


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You can pay arrears to the UIF for the years you did not contribute for your domestic worker. It is possible to register your domestic worker and pay arrears to the UIF for the years that you have not paid over the UIF contributions and deductions. Since UIF non-payment is an offence, the UIF will levy a 10% penalty on these back contributions, and they will also calculate a daily amount of interest owing which will vary as there are fluctuations.



uFiling online does not allow for the payment of penalties and Interest. Please contact the UIF directly to obtain the correct amounts for penalties and Interest. The UIF will then provide you with the correct reference numbers and account number to use when paying penalties and Interest.

UIF Domestic Worker Back Payments Process

  • Register yourself and your employee for UIF
  • Get a UIF reference number
  • Submit the information to the UIF for the periods you did not submit or pay UIF (only one form per year is needed for backlog periods; thereafter, you need to submit a form every month).

Only after you have submitted the salary information for the backlog periods can the finance department of the UIF calculate what the amount for interest will be.

  • The Domestic employers valid 13 Digit South African ID.
  • Your e-mail address where all correspondence will be emailed.
  • If a practitioner is registering a domestic employer, the domestic employers details are required.
  • Your banking details and valid branch code that you will nominate to be used to securely pay your UIF contributions.
  • The employees valid 13 Digit South African ID number.
  • The employee’s employment details.

All of your outstanding returns can be submitted via uFiling for the past five years. The Act requires an Employer to submit monthly returns, you may have to do multiple return submissions and payments.