Employment Equity Committee Training

24 March 2022 (09:00 - 16:00) Interactive Online Course

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Course Outline:

Module 1: Overview of the Employment Equity Act??????

• Understanding the Employment Equity Act
• Definitions, purpose, interpretation and application of the Employment Equity Act 5
• Definitions
• Regulations
• The Employment Equity Act
• Purpose
• Interpretation
• Application

?Module 2: Understanding discrimination????

• The prohibition of unfair discrimination
• Liability of employers
• Burden of proof
• Differentiation / discrimination
• Unfair / fair discrimination
• Direct and indirect discrimination
• Discrimination “based on” one or more prohibited grounds
• Grounds of discrimination
• Race
• Pregnancy, marital status and family responsibility
• Age
• Disability
• Sexual orientation, sex and gender
• Ethnic or social origin and birth
• Religion, belief, culture and conscience
• Language and colour
• HIV status
• Arbitrary grounds
• Harassment
• Jurisdiction of the CCMA
• Employment applicants, job analysis and inherent requirements of the job
• Employment applicants
• Job analysis
• Inherent requirements of the job
• Discrimination in employment policies and practices
• Recruitment procedures
• Internal recruitment
• External recruitment
• Advertising positions
• Job classification and grading
• Selection criteria and appointments
• General
• Educational requirements and experience
• Remuneration and benefits: equal pay for work of equal value?
• Terms and conditions of employment
• Work environment and facilities
• Training and development
• Performance and evaluation
• Disciplinary measures
• Medical testing
• HIV testing
• Voluntary/anonymous testing
• Drug and alcohol testing
• Psychometric testing

Module 3: Employment Equity and Affirmative Action

• Understanding affirmative action
• The equality test: section 9(2) of the Constitution
• Who must benefit from affirmative action?
• Which persons or groups?
• Must one show actual disadvantage, or is membership of the affected class sufficient to be able to benefit?
• Can the measure legitimately differentiate between persons within the disadvantaged groups?
• The duties of designated employers and voluntary compliance
• The requirements of disclosure of information
• Employment Equity Plans: duty to inform and the requirements for keeping records????????

Module 4: The Employment Equity Committee:?roles and functions????

• Consultation
• Qualitative analysis: identification of EE Barriers
• Quantitative analysis: snapshot of the workforce profile
• Benchmarking best practices
• Monitoring
• Frequency and content of committee meetings

Module 5: The Employment Equity Amendment Bill????

Module 6: Analysis???

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Who should attend this workshop?

• Employment Equity Managers, HR Managers/ Practitioners
• Members of Employment Equity Committees, Workplace Forums, any person involved in the?compilation?of Employment Equity plans for the business

Price:?

• R 2440-00 (incl. Vat) per delegate
• Price includes course material and certificates.

For further?information contact:

• Hanlie or Peraldo?(012) 661 3208 / (012) 661 1411
• Email:[email protected]??or?[email protected]

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