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Employment equity on track despite criticism
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
GOVERNMENT was committed to putting employment equity legislation in place soon despite criticism that the Act would be impossible to implement. Labour Minister Shepherd Mdladlana told the Black Management Forum's annual national conference in Mmabatho this week that his department was already preparing for the implementation of the Act. "Numerous tasks need to be undertaken before the law can fully come into effect," Mdladlana says. These include recruiting and training additional staff and establishing the Commission for Employment Equity. Mdladlana says he will make further announcements in due course. The department has said it will spend about R150-million over the next five years enforcing the new employment equity law. The controversial legislation, passed by parliament in August, will compel businesses employing 50 or more people and with annual turnover of more than R10-million to submit within 18 months employment equity plans outlining methods to remove discrimination and ensure the creation of a more diverse, representative labour force. Other aspects of the legislation oblige employers to "progressively reduce" the wage gap between workers and bosses and disclose to government the remuneration packages of all employees. In defence of the legislation, Mdladlana says it would have been "suicidal" if the democratically elected ANC government in SA ignored the inequalities.
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