Employment Equity

Employment Equity

This course investigates the Employment Equity Act and all of its ramifications for organisations. The training ensures that Employment Equity Committees understand their role and function. The course looks at the legal reporting requirements of organisations as per affirmative action reports.

  1. Overview of the Employment Equity Act
  2. Prohibition of unfair discrimination
  3. Employment Equity and Affirmative action
  4. Wage discrimination

This course has been designed to educate employees about cannabis in the workplace, focusing on the issue of impairment and providing practical information about their rights and responsibilities.

  • Overview of the Employment Equity Act Understanding the Employment Equity Act
  • Designated groups: African, Coloured and Indian, women, disabled
  • Understanding unfair discrimination
  • Differentiation
  • Discrimination
  • Direct and indirect discrimination
  • Grounds of discrimination
  • Employment applicants, work analysis and inherent requirements of the job/ job description
  • Recruitment and selection
  • How the Employment Equity legislation attempts to eliminate and prohibit unfair
  • Discrimination
  • Medical and Psychological assessments
  • Labour court case studies
  • Understanding Affirmative Action
  • The Equality Test (Section 9(2)) of the Constitution
  • Understanding Black Empowerment
  • National or regional demographics
  • Understanding the BBBEE scorecard as per management control
  • The duties of designated employer
  • The requirements of disclosure of information
  • Employment Equity Plans and the requirements for keeping records
  • EEA2 Report
  • One year and three year plans
  • Wage gaps based on race, gender and disability
  • Pay discrepancies
  • New amendments to Employment Equity Act
  • Fines and penalties
  • EEA4 report
  • Labour Court cases

Roles, responsibilities and functions of the Employment Equity Committee

  • Monitoring Employment Policies, Procedures & Practices
  • Monitoring /Evaluating Implementation of an EE Plan
  • Oversight of EE committee vs HR department responsibilities
  • Consultation
  • Identification of EE Barriers
  • Recruitment barriers
  • Promotion barriers
  • Qualification barriers and skills development
  • Succession planning barriers
  • Developing EE Measures
  • Benchmarking Best Practices
  • Frequency and content of Committee Meetings
  • Confidentiality in not disclosing salaries and personal information

 

 

 

 

 

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