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Getting Your Head Around The Employment Equity Plan

Getting Your Head Around The Employment Equity Plan

South Africa faces many challenges regarding inequality, namely; poverty, education, health care, unemployment, housing, gender issues and so on. Employment equity aims to promote fairness and to ensure that past actions responsible for such inequalities are dealt with.
It was for this reason that the Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998 (“the Act”), was [...]

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Employers: have you remembered to submit your Employment Equity Reports?

Employers: have you remembered to submit your Employment Equity Reports?

I thought I’d be nice and send you a reminder that 1 October is the deadline for designated employers to submit their Employment Equity Reports to the Department of Labour.
So, how do you know if your organisation is a designated employer?
You’re a designated employer if:
1. You employ more than 50 employees (this includes part time [...]

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