Economic Digest 38 – Getting Employment Equity Right by Kenny Pasensie

President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Employment Equity Amendment Act 4 of 2022 into law in April of this year. The new law includes changes to the legislation governing workplace transformation, as well as stricter compliance measures for designated employers. Section 15A of the new law introduces sectoral numerical targets with the purpose of ensuring the equitable representation of people from designated groups (historically disadvantaged groups of people based on race, gender, and disability) at all occupational levels in the workforce. The Department of Labour has now published draft regulations which set out the equity targets for each sector. The articles below highlight some of the challenges with these draft sector targets.

Economic Digest 38 – Getting Employment Equity Right by Kenny Pasensie