Employment Equity Training in Cape Town and South Africa

The Employment Equity training program / workshop is available in Cape Town as a five day (or less) workshop / training course and is open to all companies looking for this type of training.

Course Pre-amble

This course is ideal for any company and applies to all employers and workers and protects workers and job seekers from unfair discrimination, also provides a framework for implementing affirmative action. This training is intended to create unification between the employer and employee and includes trade and wage negotiating.

Location: The course can be conducted at our training centre or at your premises

Course Plan (can be amended where required)

Day 1

Definition of employment equity
Purpose of the employment act
Interpretation of the act
Application of the act
Elimination of unfair discrimination
Prohibition of unfair discrimination
Medical testing
Psychometric Testing
Applicants
Disputes
Burden of proof

Day2

Duties of designated employees
Voluntary compliance
Affirmative action measures
Consultation with employees
Matters of consultation
Disclosure of information
Analysis
Employment equity plan
Designated employer must assign manager
Duty to inform
Duty to keep records
Income differentials
Establishment of commission of employment equity
Composition of commission for employment equity
Functions of commission of employment equity ings
Staff and expenses
Public Hearings
Report by Commission for employment equity

Day 3
Part A

Monitoring by employees and trade union representatives
Power of Labour inspectors
Undertaking to comply
Compliance order
Limitations
Objections against compliance order
Appeal from compliance order
Register of designated employers
Assesment of compliance
Review by Director General
Outcome of Director General’s Review
Failure to comply with Director General’s Recommendation

Part B
Legal proceedings
Conflict of proceedings
Consolidation of proceedings
Power of Commissioner in arbitration proceedings
Jurisdiction of Labour Court
Powers of Labour Court

Part C
Protection employee rights
Protection of Employee rights
Procedure for Disputes
State Contracts
Codes of good practice
Regulations
Delegations
Temporary employment services
Designation of organs of state
Breach of confidentiality
Liability of employers
Obstruction, undue influence and fraud
The state binding act
Application of Act when in conflict with other Laws
Repeal of laws and transitional arrangements
Short title and commencement

Day 4

Fines for contravening the act
Laws repealed
Transitional arrangements
Turnover threshold applicable to designated employers
Short title and commencement

Day5

Practical seminar – Applying the act in simulations

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