Employment equity rules still apply during Covid-19 crisis
There should be no unfair treatment and unfair discrimination in business policies and practices
04 June 2020 - 15:45
The detrimental effects of coronavirus and lockdown have forced many employers to consider retrenchment to stay afloat.
But in a notice on May 4 to designated employers, the Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) reminded them that in an organisational restructuring or configuration they remained bound by employment laws and were required to ensure there was no unfair treatment and unfair discrimination in their policies and practices...
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