The Department of Employment and Labour is taking the 2024 annual National Employment Equity workshops/roadshows to Limpopo today.

The workshops will be held at Moche Grace Land in Thohoyandou today and at the Bolivia Lodge in Polokwane on Wednesday.

The workshops, which are run in collaboration with the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), are designed to improve racial, gender and disability equality in the workplace under the theme: ‘Bridging the Equity Gap Through Diversity and Inclusion’.

‘The EE workshops are targeting employers or heads of organisations, academics, assigned senior managers, consultative forum members, human resource practitioners, trade unions, employees and interested stakeholders,’ the department said in a statement.

The workshops will focus on the following topics:

The EE status of the labour market as per 24th CEE Annual Report;

An update on the EE amendments, in particular the proposed draft regulations on proposed sector EE targets; An update o
n the 2024 EE reporting season;

Key insights from the CCMA on topical cases related to unfair discrimination in terms of harassment, disability and discrimination based on arbitrary grounds.

The Employment Equity Act (EEA) of 1998 aims to, among others, achieve equity in the workplace by promoting equal opportunity and fair treatment in employment through elimination of unfair discrimination and implementing affirmative action measures to redress the disadvantages in employment experienced by designated groups.

Moreover, the act aims to ensure equitable representation in all occupational categories and levels in the workforce.

Source: South African Government News Agency