Employment Equity Campaign off to a good start

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 organized 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 October 1 to submit their reports, while those utilizing the on-line method have a September 2009 - January 2010 deadline to do so.  

The month-long road shows afford 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 the KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State provinces both on August 11, while the campaign is scheduled to fold on August 26.

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