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1. Can SA Achieve 50% women representation?
(News)
... said government has amended the Employment Equity Act to achieve equity in the workplace. “We have also agreed on a minimum wage for domestic workers and we also have preferential procurement policies ...
Created on 22 Mar 2017
2. Disabled employees – a duty to act
(Opinion)
... an unfair discrimination dispute to the Labour Court in terms of s10 of the Employment Equity Act, No 55 of 1998 (EEA) which prohibits discrimination based on, among other factors, disability. In his referral, ...
Created on 13 Oct 2016
3. LABOUR LAW AMENDMENTS WEAKEN EMPLOYERS AND STRENGTHEN JOB LOSSES
(Editor's Pick)
... employers have been strengthened; and prison terms and penalties for breaches of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act have been increased as have fines for Employment Equity Act breaches Employers ...
Created on 28 Sep 2016
4. Engagements on EE - and now for policy change?
(News)
... of section 28 of the Employment Equity Act. Its role is to advise Labour Minister on any matter concerning the Act, including policy and matters pertaining to the implementation of the EE Act. The CEE's ...
Created on 26 Sep 2016
5. DCS once again guilty of racial discrimination
(News)
... its member that in terms of section 6 (1) of the Employment Equity Act, this action constituted unfair discrimination in the workplace. “The CCMA agreed with us that solely taking the national racial demographics ...
Created on 21 Sep 2016
6. CERD wants answers from government
(News)
A report, issued by the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), takes government to task over its use of old apartheid classifications in its presentation of statistics. ...
Created on 16 Sep 2016
7. Stay relevant to workplace changes or risk extinction
(Editor's Pick)
... without a ratings-based system and still enables a business to comply with legislation such as South Africa’s Employment Equity Act?” “There still needs to be a way of managing the relationship between ...
Created on 1 Sep 2016
8. ArcelorMittal drops 'quota system' for new jobs
(News)
... future. “ArcelorMittal’s decision to adopt this policy with immediate effect is not in line with the Employment Equity Act (No 55 of 1998), and basically amounts to a quota system and job reservation which ...
Created on 30 Aug 2016
9. WOMEN IN FINANCE, IS SOUTH AFRICA ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY?
(Editor's Pick)
... changes which have occurred in the financial and accounting services sector over the last ten years. “In terms of policy interventions, the implementation of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) 55 of 1998 ...
Created on 26 Aug 2016
10. DOL to host EE roadshows in Polokwane and Bloemfontein
(News)
...  The roadshows started on 15 August 2015 in Mbombela (Nelspruit), Mpumalanga Province, with the aim to create awareness on compliance with the Employment Equity Act. On Monday (22 August) an EE workshop ...
Created on 22 Aug 2016
11. FALSE JOB CREDENTIALS A FREQUENT REALITY
(Opinion)
... exist, particularly where the information in question relates to the employee’s personal circumstances. For example, section 6 of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) prohibits discrimination against job applicants ...
Created on 10 Aug 2016
12. Finance Sector in the spotlight
(News)
... face in employment equity implementation and strategies so as to overcome them. The Commission for Employment Equity is a statutory body established in terms of section 28 of the Employment Equity Act. ...
Created on 20 Jul 2016
13. Regional racial demographics nb when applying employment equity plans
(News)
This comes after the Constitutional Court found that the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) had acted in breach of its obligations under section 42 of the Employment Equity Act in not taking into ...
Created on 19 Jul 2016
14. Constitutional Court to give ruling in watershed case on DCS’s affirmative action
(News)
... race demographics as sole criterion for promotions and appointments, amounts to a quota system, which is inconsistent with the provisions of the Employment Equity Act. “Although, earlier, the Labour ...
Created on 15 Jul 2016
15. SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS AT THE WORKPLACE CAUSE CONFLICT
(Editor's Pick)
The Employment Equity Act (EEA) prohibits sexual harassment of employees by other employees and holds the employer liable in such cases even if the employer does not know that the sexual harassment is ...
Created on 23 May 2016
16. Workplace equity policies must comply with employment equity legislation
(Editor's Pick)
... of the Employment Equity Act, No 55 of 1998 (EEA). Therefore, the Labour Court had to decide whether or not the employer’s staffing policy qualified as an affirmative action measure. If so, the employer’s ...
Created on 13 May 2016
17. Low representation of people with disabilities in workplace
(News)
... the expense of other race groups,” Minister Oliphant said. The Employment Equity Act (No 55, 1998) aims to facilitate workplace transformation. It incorporates two elements: a) the elimination of unfair ...
Created on 26 Apr 2016
18. Retirement age: ensure that it’s certain
(Editor's Pick)
... and damages under the Employment Equity Act, No 55 of 1998. The court found that the employer was unable to show that the employee had agreed to a retirement age earlier than 65. In fact, the employee ...
Created on 29 Mar 2016
19. ARE SEXUAL ADVANCES UNFAIR?
(Editor's Pick)
After unfair dismissal and unfair labour practices the third category of unfair conduct by an employer is unfair discrimination. Section 6 of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) prohibits unfair discrimination ...
Created on 15 Feb 2016
20. ARE SEXUAL ADVANCES UNFAIR?
(Legal 2)
After unfair dismissal and unfair labour practices the third category of unfair conduct by an employer is unfair discrimination. Section 6 of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) prohibits unfair discrimination ...
Created on 15 Feb 2016


 

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