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BL Premium reports that the National Employers’ Association of SA (Neasa) has lashed out at the government’s employment equity regulations, which it says imposes “impossible” race quotas.
Neasa and business lobby group Sakeliga on Tuesday wrote to Department of Employment & Labour (DEL) Minister Nomakhosazana Meth threatening to initiate an urgent interdict application if she does not withdraw employment equity (EE) regulations implemented this year. The regulations were published after the Employment Equity Amendment Act came into effect in January. Employers have to report based on the new regulations in the reporting cycle starting 1 September. “The minister is seeking to force employers to comply with her hiring quotas based on race, sex and disability from September 2025, on penalty of fines as high as 10% of turnover and eventual prosecution of executives,” the two organisations noted. Should the minister not withdraw the regulations by 18 June, Sakeliga and Neasa have threatened to take Meth to court to suspend the operation of the regulations and challenge the lawfulness of the Employment Equity Amendment Act. The organisations argue that the regulations are unlawful because the minister “failed to properly and meaningfully consult with the sectors prior to setting the targets”. Most strikingly, the hiring quotas, called ‘numerical sectoral targets’ in the regulations, are said to require companies to reduce their white male staff component to as little as 4% in many cases, and usually to under 20%. Meth previously described the legal battle against the Act as “anti-transformation”.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sinesipho Schrieber at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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