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Barriers Analysis: Conducting a Barriers Analysis in time for your 2023 EE Report
Section 19 of the Employment Equity Act, 55 of 1998 requires a barriers analysis to be conducted. This is a compulsory step and must be done in line with good practice as suggested in the Code of Good Practice on aligning your HR processes with the Employment Equity process. Not to do so, and not doing it properly will attract scrutiny by the Department of Employment and Labour. (DEL)
This webinar will outline a process that takes into consideration the time left to do this properly. The DEL will not believe you, if you tick “No” in all the boxes in form 9 of EEA2, their suspicion will attract closer scrutiny or even a DG review.
Thursday, 26th October 2023, 12 pm – 14h00 SAST
Spend some time with us, when we will take you through what is required, how to ensure a good process, make sure you comply with the consultation obligation in terms of Section 13 and how to facilitate analysis results with the EE Forum.
As I have said before on this platform, substantial compliance, and not just tick-box compliance is important when it comes to transformation and proper EE implementation. Now is the time to ensure you have everything in place, to meet the online reporting deadline of the 15th of January 2024.
We will also cover conducting a targeted barriers analysis to address the Code of Good Practice on the Prevention and Elimination of Harassment, and the suggestion that good strategies involved understanding the prevalence of bullying incidents in your own environment.
The most important aspects we will cover are:
- Ensuring that your process is in line with legislative requirements
- Aligning the barriers analysis results with your overall transformation objectives
- Choosing the best process for your environment, given the deadline for reporting
- Understanding the roles of the EEA12, EEA13 and the EEA2
- Effectively consulting with the EE Forum, to workshop results from any analysis you have conducted
- Making sure you have good sound affirmative action measures in place
- Updating all your internal documentation, before you report
Join Marleen Potgieter, an Employment Equity expert and owner of Equity Works, for a webinar to answer any questions you might have around your process.
Registration fee: R750 per delegate
incl. VAT
More about the Trainer
Marleen Potgieter is a qualified attorney who has had extensive experience in Employment Equity Compliance. She was instrumental in writing the original Regulations to the EEA when it was first passed, and also penned the Summary of the EEA, the poster that is compulsory in all workplaces.
Marleen co-authored the Juta book on Unfair Discrimination, wrote a book on Social Media in the Workplace and has helped many companies with employment equity compliance since passing of the act in 1998.
She has trained and advised many clients on Dispute Resolution, general labour compliance (including advice on the COVID-19 landscape, disciplinary processes, sound performance management systems and absence management. She is also a qualified Executive Coach.
Clients:
Sanlam, Deutsche Bank, Caltex, Ogilvy & Mather, Unilever, M&C Saatchi Abel, UWC, USB Stellenbosch, Bank of America, UBS, Nova Group, Nandos, Sibanye Stillwater, FCB and Hello Computer and many others.