Tag: Employment Equity Plan
Major changes to the Employment Equity Amendment Bill
The National Council of Provinces passed the Employment Equity Amendment Bill (Bill) on Tuesday, 17 May 2022. The bill is in its final stage of promulgation as it has been sent to the President for signing. The Bill will amend the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 (Act).
Additional obligations for designated employers under The Employment Equity Act
A recent bill submitted to Parliament for consideration would seek to impose potentially stringent new quotas for numerical targets for the employment of persons from designated groups.
Pressure as 2020 EE reports deadline looms
Employment Equity (EE) report submissions are now open and will run from 01 September 2019 to 15 January 2020. Failure to comply will see fines ranging from 2 – 10% of a company’s turnover. This mandatory submission is relevant to all companies with a headcount of 50 employees or more and to those with an annual turnover above the required threshold (varies per industry).
Road to EE compliance is paved with dubious intentions!
Roxanne Da Mata Goncalves | Director | Strata-G Labour Solutions | Roxanne@strata-g.co.za | www.strata-g.co.za |
Is the failure by 72 JSE listed companies to comply with the provisions laid out in the Employment Equity Act (EE) a blatant lack of respect, as Deputy Minister of Labour Nkosi Phathekile Holomisa posits, or is it more complex than that?
Non-compliance
Legislation focuses on two requirements when establishing whether a business is required to report on employment equity or not: the first is the...
How to submit an Employment Equity (EE) Report?
Lianne Freedman | CEO | EconoServ | lianne@econobee.co.za | www.econoserv.co.za |
Submissions can be done manually or electronically. The Department of Labour advises employers to do their...
