Alan Hammond, editor of The Skills Portal wrote an interesting comment in his weekly newsletter today, Labour Department gets tough with Employment Equity Act. The article sheds more light on the quantitative measures the Department of Labour can use to gauge progress.
Quantitative measures are found in sections 42 and 43 of the EE Act. Section 42 allows the department to measure progress against an industry benchmark. Section 43 allows the department to conduct a review within companies. Companies are then rated as either being ‘equitable’, ‘reasonable’ or ‘unacceptable’.
Another feature of the EE Act that I was not aware of is section 61. Section 61 guards against obstruction, undue influence and fraud. It makes provision for a fine of up to R10 000 for any false information contained in a document or provided to the Director-General or a Labour inspector in terms of the Act.
Hammond concludes in his weekly newsletter with
No longer will it be acceptable to simply submit reports each October – companies will be expected to make actual progress! And if they don’t they can look forward to a review by the Director-General and the possibility of a trip to the Labour Court.
I do recommend that you subscribe to the Skills Portal newsletter, it contains a wealth of up-to-date HR and other BEE type information.
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