An already highly stressed South African economy will have 1 more cross to bear in 2022 with the latest Employment Equity amendments definitely set to impact your company if you are a designated employer who is legally obligated to comply with all the provisions of...
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Employment Equity
Amendment of the EE Bill enters the last leg as the Department of Employment and Labour gears for sector-targets era
The Department of Employment and Labour’s Employment Equity (EE) Directorate is gearing itself for the implementation and enforcement of the new EE Act once the parliamentary processes are finalised by March 2022. The Director: Employment Equity, Ntsoaki Mamashela...
Women’s month: Gender pay gaps (part 2)
It can be argued that Previously Disadvantaged individuals, which the Employment Equity Act strives to champion the cause of, includes not just African, Indian and Coloured employees, and the disabled sector of the community, but also pertains to underpaid women of...
Women’s month: Gender pay gaps (part 1)
August is Women’s month in South Africa, with 9th August specifically, commemorating the more than 20 000 women who, in 1956, marched in peaceful protest, to the Union buildings in Pretoria to petition against the use of an internal pass. The purpose of which was to...
Lessons from this year’s Employment Equity season
Congratulations to all those designated employers who managed to submit their Employment Equity reports before 11.59pm on the 15th of January 2020! Survived another year and meet your compliance needs for legislation as well as for BBBEE auditing purposes. This year’s...
Employment Equity: A moving a target
Mid-October 2019 and the Employment Equity reporting portal has been open a month. The Department of Employment and Labour foresaw that companies might need a little extra processing time and they were right! With the changes to the Income Differential...
Employment Equity 1 – Solidarity 0
Labour Court gives thumbs up to Employment Equity following Court challenge The Department of Employment and Labour welcomes the outcome of today’s Labour Court judgement as this reconfirms the Constitutionality and legality of affirmative and the law. This follows...
Important Employment Equity updates September 2019
The 2019 Employment Equity portal was supposed to be accessible for submission, from 1 September however the EE Portal is not yet open. The Department apologies for the delay. All amendments in the recent Bill are not yet effective. This means that those employers who...
19th CEE Annual Report
The CEE remains committed to seeing the objectives of the EEA materialised, as they share the progress to date, in this 19th report (2018). Overview At a broad level, the trends presented in this, 19th Commission for Employment Equity Report, continue to paint a...
The changing Employment Equity landscape
The Employment Equity landscape is starting to look a little more onerous than in previous years, and that just might be the understatement of the year. With the Department Labour under-going many major changes, starting with the Employment Equity Amendment Bill...