# summary

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- Published: 2020-12-02T13:50:05+02:00
- Author: dearSA

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The Employment Equity Amendment Bill, 2020 (‘‘the Bill’’), seeks to amend the Employment
Equity Act, 1998 (Act No. 55 of 1998) (‘‘the Act’’). The amendments have the purpose
of—

 1. empowering the Minister of Labour (‘‘the Minister’’) to determine sectoral
     numerical
    targets for the purpose of ensuring the equitable representation of suitably qualified
    people from designated groups (blacks, women and persons with disabilities) at 
    all occupational levels in the workforce;
 2. enhancing the administration of the Act, including the implementation of
     section
    53 thereof, which provides for the issuing of a certificate by the Minister confirming
    an employer’s compliance with Chapter II, or Chapters II and III, of the Act, as
    the case may be, in relation to the conclusion of State contracts;
 3. removing the requirement for psychological testing and similar assessments
     of 
    employees to be certified by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (‘‘
    the Council’’); and
 4. removing a provision empowering non-designated employers to notify the
     Director-
    General of the Department of Labour (‘‘the Director-General’’) that they intend
    to voluntarily comply with Chapter III of the Act as if they were a designated 
    employer.

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