The 2009 Employment Equity (EE) campaign got off to a flying start today with double launches in the Northern Cape and Mpumalanga provinces with government’s social partners business and organised labour out in full force to learn more on the new EE legislation requirements as well as the on-line report filing method.
Employers still using the manual report filing system have until 1 October 2009 to submit their reports, while those utilising the on-line method have a September 2009 to January 2010 deadline to do so.
The month long road shows give stakeholders an opportunity to interact and assist each other on the correct interpretation of the EE laws and how to go about the much user friendly process of submitting reports entailing a simplified paperwork.
Since 2008 the numbers of employers opting for the on-line route have been growing, with over 4 000 of them submitting, but as the workshops demonstrated today, many others still needed to know more about this. The road shows’ next destination will be KwaZulu-Natal and Free State provinces both on 11 August 2009, while the campaign is scheduled to fold on 26 August 2009.
Enquiries:
Page Boikanyo
Cell: 082 809 3195
Issued by: Department of Labour
28 July 2009
Source: Department of Labour (http://www.labour.gov.za/)
