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THE

BEECHAMBER

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NEWS

DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT & LABOUR ROADSHOWS

Employment Department

The Department of Employment & Labour roadshows are underway. This year's workshops focus on:

  • How to implement the EE Amendments contained in the EE Amendment Act, 2022 and its EE Regulations;

  • Five-year Sector EE targets for 18 economic sectors;

  • Practical demonstration of how to utilise the EE system online facilities to capture EE reports and request an EE Certificate of Compliance; and

  • Presentation on discrimination disputes referred to the CCMA and the various Courts, in particular, harassment cases, including dispute resolution mechanisms in terms of the EEA. 

 

A few of the BEE Chamber Team members have attended the Roadshows that have taken place, and the following are Key clarifications thus far:

 

  • There is a possibility for implementing shorter than 5-year Employment Equity Plans, i.e. any period between 1 and 5 years is acceptable.

  • Certificates of Compliance this year will be available as soon as you have submitted EEA2 and EEA4 Reports.

  • In future, a Certificate of Compliance can be downloaded any time of the year by logging into the system.

  • It was noted that entities would need to a pick a region where most employees are employed if not using National Economic Active Population (EAP) Statistics.

  • The Department of Employment & Labour will not check whether the correct Sector has been selected, this needs to be confirmed by the entity.

  • In terms of the EEA2 Reports, the following will be applicable:

    • Going forward, the EEA2 Workforce Profile will be on 31 August. It is still unclear whether 31 August 2025 or the last day of your previous Plan must be used for this next round of reporting.

    • In future, the EEA2 will populate targets based on the previous year's submission. When a new Workforce Profile is captured, the system will check whether these targets have been reached and highlighted in red if not. It is still unclear whether the check will be based on actual numbers or %. If not met, justification will be needed.

    • When a Sector has been selected, the system will populate the relevant target tables applicable to that sector. Entities will only capture the Semi-skilled and Unskilled Targets from their own EE Plans in those same tables.

    • Entities cannot change a Sector for the duration of the applicable Sectoral Targets, i.e. whatever is chosen now,  will be in that same sector until August 2030.

    • When Entities have captured the entire EEA2 and EEA4 reports, and when the submit button is clicked, the system will be directed to the justifications screen for not meeting targets (if applicable).

    • Entities will be able to access the profile any time of the year to download previous EEA2's and EEA4's submitted.

 

The Department of Employment & Labour still have a few more sessions before the roadshow ends in June 2025. Schedule available here.

 

Members are welcome to engage with the BEE Chamber on matters relating to the above.

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