South Africa Needs Jobs, Not More Racial Regulation
South Africa needs jobs, investment and opportunity—not more racial regulation of the workplace. Government’s draft Employment Equity Code requires designated employers to measure their workforces by race, gender and disability and use demographic and sector targets when setting employment goals. It even says employers should avoid perpetuating the “over-representation” of groups that exceed applicable demographic […]
South Africa Needs Jobs, Not More Racial Regulation, Says Free SA
Free SA has raised serious concerns over government’s draft Employment Equity Code, warning that South Africa cannot afford employment rules that continue to make race a central consideration in the workplace. The draft Code requires designated employers to measure workforce representation according to race, gender and disability, while taking demographic and sector targets into account […]