The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) says it has measures in place to deal with employers who have been accused of not paying over owed TERS payments to workers.
Employers were tasked with applying on behalf of employees and ensuring the payments were forwarded to workers.
The scheme has since been marred by allegations of corruption as evidenced in a Corruption Watch investigation.
The organisation said it received over 100 complaints from disgruntled employees who accused their employers of not paying or short-changing them of their Ters payments.
The industries with the most complaints are private sector security, food and beverages services, fuel sales services and construction.
Gauteng had the most complaints (57), followed by the Western Cape (15).
"Many employees (77) suspected that their employers had pocketed the TERS money instead of paying it over to them.
“A number of employees checked the department of labour’s website and, determining that the money had been paid out, confronted their employers about it.
“In seven such cases, the employer said that they had paid the money back to the Department of Labour (DoL)," the report stated.
UIF spokesperson Makhosonke Buthelezi said complaints can be made to their fraud hotline.
He said some of the cases are being investigated by police, while a team of audit firms are now visiting businesses who received the TERS benefit to check if the monies have been paid to employees.
The Ters fund had an initial budget of R40 billion, but to date, over R57 billion in payouts were made.
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