Employment Equity reports were due on 15 January 2022 but that’s not the end of your Employment Equity demands for the year. According to BusinessTech, the Employment Equity landscape is seeing some new developments. Parliament’s National Assembly passed the Employment Equity Amendment Bill in November 2021 and has sent the draft law to the National Council of Provinces for concurrence.
The bill will allow the Employment and Labour minister Thulas Nxesi to set Employment Equity targets for different business sectors. The minister can set targets for different occupational levels, sub-sectors or regions.It also aims to reduce the regulatory burden on small businesses and add rules for doing business with the government.
The Department of Employment and Labour has previously indicated that it plans to introduce the new sector-specific equity rules in 2022.The expected introduction of five-year sector targets is seen to be marking the beginning of a “clean slate”.There’s a catch and some additional work for the Payroll & HR teams: All existing Employment Equity plans will fall away on 22 September 2022, and new plans will have to be aligned with the five-year targets.
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