05May

COMPENSATION FUND: ROE ONLINE SYSTEM – EXTENDED TEMPORARY SHUT-DOWN

The Compensation Fund has issued a notice on 10 April 2025, indicating that the ROE Online System temporarily shutdown period will be extended until 30 April 2025.

The submission of returns may continue from 1 May 2025 until 30 June 2025. No notice was yet issued by the Fund to extend the submission period.

The notice follows below for ease of reference:

ROE ONLINE SYSTEM TEMPORARY SHUT-DOWN ALERT

The Compensation Fund refers to the nonce dated 11 and 31 Mach 2025 comunicating the shutdown of the Employer Registration and Employer Assessment modules for the perod from 19 March 2025 to 30 April 2025.

The Fund has experienced a delay in Its prepatory actions for the 2024 ROE Season and communicates that the system will reman closed unitl 30 April 2025 (mid-night 00h00) and will effectively be available for the submission of Returns on 1 May 2025 at 08h00.

The following services will be affected during the ROE Online system shut-down period:
• Employer registrations will not be processed; this Includes registrations through the CIPC BizPortal platform as well as through the CF’s back- office processess.
• Employers will not be abe to declare any Return of Earnings, online or manually.
• CF will not able to clear employers who are flagged for audit and process applicationns for revision of assessment.
• No installment applications wil be considered during this period.

The following services will NOT be affected during the ROE Online systems shut-down penod:
• The CompEasy system, for the processing of claims wil NOT be affected
• Employer Will be able to generate a letter of Good Standing during this trne.
• Employers can still make payrnents using their corect CF Registration nunber.

In line With the delay in openmg the system; the expiry date 30 April 2025 of the current Letters of Good Standing is extended to 31 May 2025.

The Fund apologises for the delay and assures employers of best efforts to finalise all preparatory actions at the earliest.