Designated Employers need to comply with the Employment Equity Act number 55 of 1998 and the Employment Equity Amendment Bill gazetted on 1 August 2014, as well as all other regulatory EE amendments.
1. Eliminate fines and penalties.
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Contravention | Section 16, 17, 19, 22, 24, 25, 26 and 43 | Section 20, 21, 23 and 44 (b) |
No previous | R1 500 000 | Greater of R 1 500 000 or 2% of T/O |
One previous | R1 800 000 | Greater of R 1 800 000 or 4% of T/O |
Previous within 12 months or two previous | R2 100 000 | Greater of R 2 100 000 or 6% of T/O |
Three previous for same contravention | R2 400 000 | Greater of R 2 400 000 or 8% of T/O |
Four previous for same contravention | R2 700 000 | Greater of R 2 700 000 or 10% of T/O |
2. Be able to obtain BBBEE points under the relevant elements pertaining to Employment Equity.
Additional benefits of becoming EE compliant
- Could have a positive impact on your BBBEE score (as the BBBEE Codes of Good Practice refers to Employment Equity as one of the elements for Verification).
- If dealt with correctly, Employment Equity compliance (including EE quarterly meetings) could create a sense of belonging to your EE Manager, Employment Equity Committee (EEC) and other employees.
- If dealt with correctly, Employment Equity compliance (including EE quarterly meetings) could create a positive attitude amongst your EE Manager, Employment Equity Committee (EEC) and other employees by means of exchanging different perspectives.
- Brainstorming amongst your EE Manager, Employment Equity Committee (EEC) and other employees could create opportunities for more effective and efficient transformation in the workplace.
- Extensive training will be offered to the EE Manager and Employment Equity Committee (EEC), increasing their skills levels and with a well thought out (and implemented) Employment Equity Plan.
- Entities are able to promote and manage diversity within the entire workforce enabling them to create and service emerging markets.
Benefits of engaging with EECMS
- Rapid EE compliance implementation.
- Real time monitoring of your under-represented priorities for each race and gender on each occupational level.
- Monitoring of your EE Plan progress with the click of a button.
- System driven draft, administration, implementation and monitoring of legal documents required by the Employment Equity Act.
- Knowledgeable and attentive professional EE Consultants engaging with you.
- Accessibility whereby the responsible user can login through an encrypted communication medium. No travelling to head office for meetings, saving on productivity, travel time, idle time and costs, etc.
- Our professional EE Consultants assist you to build your Analysis and EE Plan in a couple of hours instead of months.
- An EECMS Consultant is an email / phone call away, we also communicate through Teams / Zoom / Skype or your preferred medium. In other words, if you request a meeting, the chances are more than likely that we are available immediately as we do not need to travel to your premises. Our team of professional EE Consultants are extremely flexible.
- EECMS provides you with the ease and convenience of a quicker response time, therefore having an efficient client assistance experience.
- EECMS has a cost effective model as we do not incur operating expenses.