Call on company bosses to drive employment equity
Employment equity report shows the racial profile of top management in South Africa remains overwhelmingly white and male
THE Department of Labour has called on company bosses to be directly involved in championing employment equity in the workplace and not to leave such matters to junior staff.The department held a roadshow in the Western Cape after the release of the employment equity report by Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant earlier in 2016.The report found the racial profile of top management in SA remained overwhelmingly white and male. Whites in the private sector accounted for 72.4% of all top management positions — compared to the public sector, which has 73.2% African representation.In the Western Cape, just more than 75% of top management positions were occupied by whites, the Department of Labour said. Oliphant said the Commission for Employment Equity would engage with business leaders to establish what causes the snail’s pace of workplace transformation.Zoleka Ntshoza, deputy director for inspection and enforcement services in the Western Cape, said employment equity should not be left to...
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