New BEE and transformation targets for businesses in South Africa are ready

THE Department of Employment and Labour says the new employment equity targets for businesses in South Africa are ready – but it is waiting for court challenges to the new laws to wrap up before it publishes them.

According to the department, the new EE targets have already been signed off by the minister. The targets were ready to be published but had to be held back after opponents to the new laws took the department to court.

Speaking at a stakeholder engagement session on Tuesday (9 May), Thembinkosi Mkalipi, the director for collective bargaining at the department, said that two pieces of legislation have recently been signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa, namely:

• The amended Employment Equity Act
• The Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases (COID) Act

According to Mkalipi, the EE Act empowers the minister of labour to set employment equity targets for economic sectors and prescribe