By Lizle Louw and Amy King Anticipated changes to the employment equity landscape have been prominent in 2023. The settlement agreement concluded in the CCMA between Solidarity and the Minister of Employment and Labour on 28 June 2023 must be considered in context to determine whether it changes anything for designated employers in South Africa. […]

The Department of Employment and Labour and Trade Union Solidarity have signed a major “settlement agreement” over the country’s employment equity laws that will provide some boundaries and certainty for anxious businesses in South Africa. The agreement stems from a mediation process that started after Solidarity had filed a complaint with the International Labour Organisation […]

Daniel van der Merwe says while transformation remains an imperative, it shouldn’t come at expense of growth and morale South Africa’s employment equity targets: A necessary struggle or misguided interference? 6 June 2023 Never mind all the noise of political or racial interference – South Africa’s Proposed Employment Equity Targets are simply impractical. The year […]

Members of public in South Africa have just five days left to comment on the Draft Employment Equity (EE) Regulations 2023 on the proposed setting of sector EE targets. The public was given 30 days to comment on the Draft EE Regulations 2023, which were published in mid-May. In terms of Section 15A of the […]

The deadline for comments on the government’s new Draft Employment Equity Regulations is looming and so far, the feelings within the agricultural sector are pretty divided   South Africa’s agricultural sector holds mixed feelings over the government’s new Draft Employment Equity Regulations. As the clock ticks on members of the public to comment on the […]