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Employment Equity Changes Enacted: Sector Targets Coming Soon

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On 12 April 2023, the Department of Employment and Labour ("Department") confirmed that the President signed into law the Employment Equity Amendment Bill, 2020 ("the Bill").

South AfricaEmployment and HR
Lauren Salt
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On 12 April 2023, the Department of Employment and Labour ("Department") confirmed that the President signed into law the Employment Equity Amendment Bill, 2020 ("the Bill").

To recap, the Employment Equity Amendment Act introduces various amendments to the affirmative action provisions of the Employment Equity Act, 1998 ("the Act"), which aim to achieve more rapid transformation in the workplaces of designated employers. The need for this more rapid transformation is against the background of the slow progress of transformation since the introduction of the Act in 1998.

The most significant of the amendments relate to the Minister of Employment and Labour's ("the Minister") power to set sector-specific employment equity targets to which designated employers will hold to account.

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