South African employers who do not meet employment equity criteria as stipulated by law have six months to rectify the situation, Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant said on Monday.<\/p>\n
The Department of Labour’s 16th Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) Report, which was launched in Pretoria, shows the country\u2019s labour market transformation is not taking place fast enough.<\/p>\n
\u201cSouth Africa\u2019s pace of transformation in the labour market is moving on a stubborn path,\u201d Oliphant said, \u201cespecially at the upper levels of management, where the White group has a tight grip.\u201d<\/p>\n
Companies that don\u2019t rectify the situation within the next six months will face the \u201cfull might of the law\u201d, she added.<\/p>\n
According to the report, white people fill 68.9% of top management positions \u2013 which is more than six times the Economic Active Population of 9.9%.<\/p>\n
The term Economically Active Population means people from 15 to 64 years of age who are either employed, or unemployed and seeking employment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is also the case with the Indian group at 8.6% as they have a representation of three times more than their EAP.\u201d<\/p>\n
Indians\u2019 Economic Active Population accounts for 2.7%.<\/p>\n
The opposite is true for the African representation at top management level at 14.3% and coloured people at 4.7%. They are under-represented in relation to their EAPs of 77.4% and 10% respectively.<\/p>\n
The ECC report further states that black people \u2013 mostly Africans \u2013 by and large populate the public sector, while white people are concentrated in the private sector.<\/p>\n
Oliphant said she is concerned about the state and pace of transformation in South Africa, \u201cthis in a year that marks 20 years since we adopted a new Constitution\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhite people continue to receive preference over other race groups,\u201d Oliphant added.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven when their contract of employment is terminated in one organisation, they are recruited back again at the same top management level in another organisation during the same period, which is an indication of opportunities afforded specifically to them at the expense of other race groups.\u201d<\/p>\n
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