Pretoria - The Department of Labour’s (DOL) Inspections and Enforcement Services (IES) unit will convene a dialogue session with organised business, labour and community in the Western Cape, on Thursday.
This, according to the department, is due to the perpetuation of non-adherence to employment equity provisions of the Employment Equity Act (EEA).
The IES, led by Deputy Minister Inkosi Phathekile Holomisa, has established that in the Western Cape, as well as other provinces the provisions of the EEA are not integrated into business strategies deliberately or due to lack of allocation of resources, authority and commitment to the provisions of the EEA.
“There is a considerable under representation of women in executive, management and technical positions with all the skills those women possess in our day and age.
“There is a persistent gender pay gap, skewed racial composition of workplaces that tends to favour white male employees,” the department said.
IES has also gathered that there is a lack of development of employees from designated groups through training, succession planning and provision of practical experience.
The department has organised the first of this series of dialogues with social partners in each province to understand the dynamics involved and further guide and advise these partners on implementation of the EEA provisions as well as consequences of not adhering to them. – SAnews.gov.za
