Statutes

• Act 55 of 1998, Employment Equity Act
• See amendments to Regulations below

Amendments

• Employment Equity Act, 1998 - General Administrative Regulations, 2009

   
  1. Definitions

  2. Collecting information and conducting an analysis

  3. Duty to prepare and implement an Employment equity plan

  4. Duty to report

  5. Duty to inform

  6. Income differentials

  7. Securing an undertaking

  8. Compliance order

  9. Objections to compliance order

  10. Repeal

  11. Short Title

  FORMS AND ANNEXURES

  1. EEA1 Employee declaration in terms of Section 19 (1) of the Act

  2. EEA2 Report to Director-General in terms of Section 21 of the Act

  3. EEA3 Summary of the Act in terms of Section 25(1) of the Act

  4. EEA4 Statement of income differentials in terms of Section 27 of the Act

  5. EEA5 Securing an Undertaking in terms of Section 36 of the Act

  6. EEA6 Compliance order in terms of Section 37 (1) of the Act

  7. EEA7 Objection against Compliance Order in terms of Section 39 (1) of the Act

  8. EEA8 Annexure1 Demographic Data

  9. EEA9 Annexure 2 Occupational Levels

  10. EEA10 Annexure 3 Summary of the employment equity progress report

  11. EEA11 Annexure 4 Request for employer's employment equity report

   
• 2006 Amendments (see below for regulations and subsequent amendments to these same regulations in August 2006)
• Employment equity reporting for 2005

Regulations

• July 2009 Amendments - Employment Equity Act, 1998 - General Administrative Regulations, 2009
• May 2006 Amendments to regulations GNR 480 GG 28858 26-05-2006 [Important] This amendment amends form EEA2 and EEA4 as well as reporting requirements for employers employing under 150 employees. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 (Adobe Acrobat)

Codes of Good Practice

• Code of Good Practice (pdf version)
• Employment Equity - Code of Good Practice (html version)
• Code of Good Practice on the Employment of People with Disabilities August 2002
• Code of Good Practice on AIDS  
• Technical Assistance Guidelines (TAG) on HIV-AIDS and Employment
• Technical Assistance Guidelines (TAG) on Disability

• Amendments : Code of Good Practice on the Handling of Sexual Harassment Cases in the Workplace
  GenN 1357/GG 27865/04-08-2005

• Code of Good Practice on the Integration of Employment Equity into Human Resource Policies and Practices GenN 1358/GG 27866/04-08-2005

Employment Equity Reports & DOL Presentations

• The October 2000 Equity Report (DOL) Caution: This is a large file.
• DOL PowerPoint Presentation
• Breakwater Monitor Presentation
• Employment equity reporting for 2005
• EEOnline.pps (New online reporting tool - 2005)

August 2001 Employment Equity Registry

• Speech by the Minister of Labour
• CEE Presentation
• CEE Full Report
• Executive Summary
• Employment Equity Registry
• CEE Statistical Workplace Profile Report

Labour Market Statistics (Required for compiling employment equity plan and report)

• Legislation and Policy information of the Department of Labour - Employment Equity
• Labour Market Demographics
• Labour Market Supply
• Staff Profiles

Guidelines EMPLOYMENT EQUITY PRESENTATION
This user’s guide is issued by the Department of Labour to assist employers and employees to better understand the Employment Equity Act and to meet their obligations under the Act, particularly with regard to Chapter 3.

Chapter 3 of the Act, which details a series of steps that employers must take to achieve employment equity, will be effective from 1 December 1999. This means that larger companies have to report for the first time by 1 June 2000 and others by 1 December 2000.

The guide takes users through how to prepare an employment equity plan, how to report to the Department of Labour, and also includes all the required forms and documents that employers and employees will need to comply with the Act.

The following table provides an easy reference to the contents of the guide.

• Section 1
  Context
  Chapter 3 requirements
  Who is affected?
• Section 2
  The 10 steps to developing an employment equity plan
• Section 3
  Reporting (Who, When & How)
  Where to submit your report
  Answers to some of your questions
• Section 4
  Directory
  - Provincial offices
  - Employment Equity Registry
  - Website
• Section 5
  Regulations
  Forms
  Employment Equity - Code of Good Practice
• Employment Equity Act - FAQ's

Employment Conditions Commission
The role of the Commission for Employment Equity, established in terms of the Employment Equity Act, is to advise the Minister of Labour on the various codes and regulations required for the implementation of the Act.

Chaired by Professor Mapule Ramashala, the commission's first priorities will be the Codes on the drafting of Employment Equity Plans, the development of appropriate employment equity policies and practices and on how to manage disability in the workplace.

• Commission for Employment Equity
• Commission for Employment Equity MS Powerpoint Presentation