Legislative amendments are in the pipeline to enforce compliance with the employment equity law and to provide incentives for employers who fulfil their obligations. The proposals are intended to accelerate transformation in the workplace. Last week, the Employment Equity Commission released its report for 2017, which showed that white men still dominate senior management echelons with their representation far exceeding their share of the economically active population. Black representation at these levels rose by only about 1% year on year since 2001, which commission chairwoman Tabea Kabinde says is a "very slow" rate. The proposed amendments to the Employment Equity Act have been approved by the National Economic Development and Labour Council and will be released for public comment in the near future. Kabinde said the amendments were intended to provide incentives to companies that did well by enabling them to do business with the government. One amendment will be a change in th...
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