South Africa’s new transformation rules are now the law of the land.
Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya noted the signing of the bill during a briefing on Wednesday .Magwenya said that the new laws will promote diversity and equality in the workplace and empower the government to set specific equity targets by sector and region, where transformation initiatives have lagged.
A key aspect of the new laws is determining which businesses are regarded as “designated employers” – the businesses which have to submit things like EE reports – as it is these employers that the laws directly address. For the big businesses that fall under the definition of a designated employer, however, the most impactful change is the empowerment of the employment and labour minister to regulate sectorial EE targets and compliance criteria.
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