Employment Equity Compliance

Sharp Solutions is able to assist with the entire Employment Equity Compliance Process:

    • Conduct a workforce analysis

    • Develop an Employment Equity Plan

    • Constitute an Employment Equity Committee 

    • Submit mandatory reports to Department of Labour. 

It is a statutory requirement that designated employers must submit reports annually. 

Reports are due from 1st September each year. Designated Employers are legally bound to comply with Legislation.  

A “designated” Employer according to the EEA definitions means:

    a. an employer who employs 50 or more employees;

    b. an employer who employs fewer than 50 employees, but has a total annual turnover that is equal to or above the applicable annual turnover of a small business in terms of schedule four to this Act (see turnover threshold table below)

A “Designated Employer”:

    • Either Has 50 employees or more 

    • OR Falls above the turnover thresholds below