African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has accused opposition parties of misleading the public by using the new employment equity laws to attract votes for next year’s election. The new regulations, published in May, under the Employment Equity Act caused an uproar following claims by some political parties that the measures would discriminate against the “coloured and Indian […]
Johannesburg – ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) had received a report on the settlement agreement with trade union Solidarity. Mbalula said the government needed to demonstrate that the allegations put forward by Solidarity were incorrect and damaging to the brand of South Africa. Hence the need for the settlement […]
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 […]
Proposed rules would do more than lead to job losses and discourage new hires Sandile July and Nonkosazana Nkosi address only one concern about the effect of the new draft employment equity regulations — that they will lead to job losses because individuals will be fired or retrenched (“Jobs unlikely to be lost when applying employment […]
Note to Editors: A voicenote from the DA Federal Leader John Steenhuisen is attached here. The Democratic Alliance (DA) will this week approach the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to declare various sections of the Employment Equity Amendment Act (EEAA) unconstitutional and invalid. The draft form of the regulations issued in terms of section 15A last month, […]
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 […]
Almost two thousand senior managers in government at both national and provincial levels are considered to have no qualification for the position they occupy. This is according to the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) with data taken from PERSAL – the central system used for the administration of the public service payroll – […]
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 […]