15 May 2023
The Department of Employment and Labour gazetted the Draft Employment Equity Regulations 2023 for public comment on Friday, 12 May 2023. The draft regulations, which are open for public comment for 30 days, set out the proposed 5-year sector targets for the various economic sectors in terms of population groups and gender for the top four occupational levels, being Top Management, Senior Management, Professionally Qualified and Skilled levels.
In summary, it is being proposed that any Gauteng-based designated employer (an employer employing 50 or more employees) involved in manufacturing will, within the next 5 years, have to achieve the following:
|
Occupational Level |
Gender |
Population Group |
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|
African |
Coloured |
Indian |
White |
Black |
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|
Top Management |
Male |
23.3% |
0.7% |
1.0% |
6.4% |
25.0% |
|
Female |
14.0% |
0.4% |
0.6% |
4.6% |
15.0% |
|
|
Total |
37.3% |
1.1% |
1.6% |
11.0% |
40.0% |
|
|
Senior Management |
Male |
30.8% |
0.9% |
1.3% |
6.4% |
33.0% |
|
Female |
15.9% |
0.5% |
0.7% |
4.6% |
17.0% |
|
|
Total |
46.6% |
1.3% |
2.0% |
11.0% |
50.0% |
|
|
Professionally Qualified |
Male |
34.5% |
1.0% |
1.5% |
6.4% |
37.0% |
|
Female |
23.3% |
0.7% |
1.0% |
4.6% |
25.0% |
|
|
Total |
57.8% |
1.7% |
2.5% |
11.0% |
62.0% |
|
|
Skilled |
Male |
46.6% |
1.3% |
2.0% |
6.4% |
50.0% |
|
Female |
31.7% |
0.9% |
1.4% |
4.6% |
34.0% |
|
|
Total |
78.3% |
2.3% |
3.4% |
11.0% |
84.0% |
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Furthermore, it is also proposed that within 5 years, 2% of the total workforce for any employer in this sector must be people with disabilities. This is despite the education system being in a disastrous state, leading to catastrophically high skills shortages, especially within the designated groups (defined in the EE Act as Africans, Coloureds and Indians, women and people with disabilities).
A copy of the Draft Regulations is below:
Gazettal of EE sectoral targets 12 May 2023
SAEFA will be submitting comments in order to highlight the detrimental effects that these regulations will have on business in an already severely strained industry and economy. Comments from members is encouraged and can be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..