Employment Equity, Skills Development and Labour Law
Employment Equity & Skills Development Committee Training & Labour Law
- Overview
- Outcome
- Content
Course Duration: 3 Days
This course investigates the Employment Equity and Skills Development Act and all its ramifications for organisations. The training ensures that ETD Committee and the Employment Equity Committees understand their role and function. The course looks at the legal reporting requirements of organisations as per affirmative action reports and WSP reports
Course Duration: 3 Days
Part 1: Overview of the Employment Equity Act
- Understanding the Employment Equity Act
- Designated groups: African, Coloured, Indian, women, and persons with disabilities
- New amendments to the Employment Equity Act, 2023
- National statistics of the Economically Active Population by race, gender, and province
- Legislative requirements
- African foreigners
- Fines and penalties for non-compliance
- Fronting and penalties
- Consultation
- Disclosure of information
- Implications of the Employment Equity Act 2023 changes
- Sectoral quotas for affirmative action
- Targets per sector and penalties as per the Employment Equity Act 2023
- Compliance certificate to do business with the state
Part 2: Prohibition of Unfair Discrimination
- Understanding unfair discrimination
- Discrimination in the workplace
- Direct and indirect discrimination
- Grounds for discrimination
- Employment applicants, work analysis, and inherent requirements of the job
- Recruitment and selection practices
- How Employment Equity legislation eliminates unfair discrimination
- Medical and psychological assessments
- Maternity leave
- Pregnancy and the workplace
- Disability in the workplace
- Harassment, victimisation, and labour law
- Case studies: religious, ethnic, cultural, and sexual orientation discrimination
- Labour Court case studies
Part 3: Employment Equity and Affirmative Action
- Understanding affirmative action
- Understanding Black Economic Empowerment
- National and regional demographics
- BBBEE scorecard and its link to Employment Equity
- Management control and BBBEE requirements
- Organisational analysis by race, gender, and disability per occupational level
- Duties of designated employers in terms of the EEA
- Disclosure of information requirements
- Employment Equity Plans and record‑keeping requirements
- EEA2 Report overview
- Preparing your EEA2 Report
- One-year and three-year goals and targets
Part 4: Employment Equity Committee
- Election criteria for the Employment Equity Committee
- Roles, responsibilities, and functions of the EE Committee
- Oversight: EE Committee vs HR Department
- Frequency and content of committee meetings
- Consultation and communication with the workforce
- Employment Equity policy and plan development
- Monitoring employment policies, procedures, and practices
- Templates for EE Committee reporting
- Monitoring implementation of the EE Plan
- Identification of Employment Equity barriers
- Recruitment, promotion, qualification, and succession planning barriers
- Developing Employment Equity measures
- Benchmarking best practices
- Practical analysis of EE Plans and EE Reports
Part 5: Organisational Salary Analysis – EEA4
- Wage gaps based on race, gender, and disability
- Wage discrimination within the same occupation
- Compiling the EEA4 Report
- Calculating the Gini Co‑efficient
Section 2: Skills Development Committee
- Roles and responsibilities of the Skills Development Committee
- Skills Development Committee policy and procedures
- Committee functions
- Bursaries
- Skills Development legislation:
- Skills Development Act
- Skills Development Levies Act
- Legal framework governing Skills Development
- QCTO
- National Skills Development Strategy
- NQF (SAQA)
- SETAs
- WSP
- ATR
- Claiming skills levy rebates
- Assessment
- Learnerships
- Skills Programmes
Section 3: Overview of Labour Legislation
- Basic Conditions of Employment Act
- Labour Relations Act
- Protected Disclosures Act
Course Duration: 3 Days
This comprehensive three-day programme provides learners with a practical and legislative understanding of Employment Equity, Skills Development, and Labour Law within the South African context. The course equips participants with the knowledge required to ensure organisational compliance and the effective implementation of relevant legislation.
The programme is Services SETA accredited and covers Unit Standard 13952 at NQF Level 4 with 8 credits, focusing on the requirements of the Employment Equity Act, affirmative action measures, Skills Development legislation, workplace compliance, and fair labour practices. The course is ideal for employers, HR practitioners, Employment Equity Committee members, Skills Development Facilitators, and managers responsible for legislative compliance and reporting.