“When the Employment Equity Act was being negotiated in 1997, a most unusual provision was inserted at the insistence of the trade union side. This became section 27 of the EEA, which states that every designated employer must...
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Read More Essence Pleading pay discrimination: Amended statement of claim clearly setting out the basis for alleging [unfair] discrimination on arbitrary grounds relating to unequal pay. Decision United National Transport Union obo...
Read MoreSo the Department of Labour intends to prosecute companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) for failing to comply with s 20(1) of the Employment Equity Act (EEA). It is also alleged that some JSE listed companies...
Read MoreWhen paying someone for work a value-exchange is needed. Challenging decisions must be properly rewarded but coupled with appropriate accountability. So the reference to “occupational levels” in schedule EEA9 to the Employment...
Read MoreAn entry-level is critical to job creation. In previous posts attempts have been made to explain the importance of contrasting entry-level wages with a fixed national minimum wage. As previously indicated vital decisions have...
Read MoreThe Employment Equity Act (EEA) obliges senior management to create a framework for each enterprise and to report thereon. Decisions are processed from the top down to the bottom of the enterprise and employees are paid...
Read MoreIt is just not possible to appoint employees to senior management levels and assume that they will be capable of making all the necessary decisions that could affect the survival of the enterprise itself. One of the tragedies...
Read MoreBy law all employers are expected to create a framework for each enterprise unit based on seven occupational levels (see EEA9). But there should also be three ‘internal’ grades within each level. So it is possible for...
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