The deadline applies to all employers under the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Domestic workers had previously been excluded from COIDA, but were added following a 2020 Constitutional Court ruling declaring this invalid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 2021<\/strong><\/a>, domestic workers have been entitled to compensation under the act in the event that they are injured or contract diseases while on duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This was followed by the 2023 regulations that formalised domestic workers as an employment category, making them eligible for the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Domestic workers include cleaners, gardeners, household drivers and caretakers of children and the elderly or frail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The changes over the past few years require that domestic worker employers register with the Compensation Fund and contribute to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once domestic employers have been registered with the fund, they must then submit their ROE annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ROE is based on the amount the domestic worker\/employee earns per year, including overtime and bonus payments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The DEL said it is encouraging employers to submit the ROEs timeously by using its online portal<\/strong><\/a>. Failing to do so could result in penalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A penalty of 10% will be charged for the late submission of ROEs<\/strong> after the prescribed deadline, the department said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It added that interest will be charged on accounts made more than 30 days after the invoice date and on overdue accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The department added that it is an employer\u2019s responsibility to notify the Compensation Fund of any change in particulars within seven days of such change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This includes changes to address and other particulars, such as email addresses and contact details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For businesses, this would also include situations where a business has ceased to exist or where the nature of the business has changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to setting the ROE window, the DEL also gazetted a formal delay to new regulations requiring third-party intermediaries to register with the fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The regulations require all third parties transacting on behalf of an employee, an employer, or a medical service provider to register with the Compensation Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to law firm Webber Wentzel, any employer who relies on third-party agents to manage their COIDA obligations will ultimately have to verify that those parties are registered or in the process of obtaining registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This includes those who use third parties to submit assessments, accident reports, and medical invoices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These third parties were originally expected to register with the fund starting 1 March 2026. However, the fund said it is still finalising the online process to enable this registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The finalisation and implementation of these processes was envisaged to be completed prior to the approval of the published regulations,” it said, but this was not the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because of this delay, the effective date for compulsory registration of third parties with the fund has been deferred to 1 January 2027.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “The Compensation Fund will communicate progress updates and conduct stakeholder engagement and advocacy sessions during the interim period,” it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Department of Employment and Labour has gazetted the dates for employers to submit their annual Returns of Earnings for workers, which applies to households employing domestic workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":812340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[24599,25200,17130,10550],"class_list":["post-857334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-coida","tag-compensation-fund","tag-department-of-employment-and-labour","tag-domestic-worker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857349,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857334\/revisions\/857349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Third-party registrations delayed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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