EMPLOYMENT EQUITY AMENDMENT ACT IN FORCE FROM 1 JANUARY 2025

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY AMENDMENT ACT IN FORCE FROM 1 JANUARY 2025

• 28 November 2024
• Labour Law
• SA Legal Academy

The 2022 Employment Equity Amendment Act will come into force on 1 January 2025 in its entirety. This is according to a presidential proclamation somewhat confusingly referring to the number of each section of the principal statute amended by the new Act – at first glance giving the impression that some sections will remain in limbo, which is not the case. 

As has been widely reported, the amending legislation makes employment equity compliance a precondition for conducting business with the state. In addition, it:

• empowers the Minister to:
  • regulate the compliance criteria to be met when tendering for state contracts, and
  • set employment equity targets per economic sector and region, taking account of regionally specific racial demographics, and
• exempts entities with less than 50 employees from complying with the burdensome employment equity administrative processes of:
  • conducting workplace equity analyses
  • preparing employment equity plans, and
  • submitting employment equity reports.

Please click the links below for more information:

• presidential proclamation
• Employment Equity Amendment Act, 2022

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