Compliance certificates for employers doing business with state
- Published on 16 May 2017
- HR Pulse News Desk
The Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) has proposed changes to the way racial and gender employment targets are set.
It has in particular suggested the introduction of new compliance certificates for any employer seeking to do business with the state. Section 53 is a dormant part of the Employment Equity Act that the CEE has advised Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant to now promulgate. The section creates a new penalty – obliging companies to apply for a compliance certificate to do business with the state. However, the important part is how “compliance” will be measured for the purposes of obtaining this certificate.
The CEE specifically proposed that new prescribed sectoral targets should be formulated to “assist in determining compliance”. This would be a sharp departure from the employer-driven target-setting which, up until now, followed a generic set of nationwide rules. Introducing a system of compliance certificates could also result in new kinds of obligations.
Source: SA Labour News
