JOHANNESBURG – Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has given South African employers who don’t meet the Employment Fairness standards six months to rectify the state of affairs.
The Labour Division has launched its sixteenth fee for Employment Fairness report in Pretoria.
Oliphant says she is worried that South Africa’s labour market transformation is just not happening quick sufficient.
She says within the higher ranges of administration, white individuals nonetheless maintain a decent grip, and proceed to obtain choice over different race teams.
The division’s Thembinkosi Mkalipi says the report has proven that white individuals at present fill sixty nine % of prime administration positions, which is greater than six occasions, their economically lively inhabitants of 10 %.
“White men and women occupy larger proportion when it comes to the highest administration.”
The aim of the Employment Fairness Act is to take away unfair discrimination and to advertise fairness within the office.
(Edited by Refilwe Pitjeng)