Companies must report on Employment Equity if they employ 50 or more employees or if they have reached the annual turnover threshold for a particular industry.

The EE Report must be submitted to the Department of Labour on 1 October of every year in the case of a company employing 150 or more employees and once in 2 years for a company employing less than 150 employees. The Department of Labour will rate your company according to a specially developed numerical analysis model whereby you will be scored as Equitable, Reasonable or Unacceptable. VCA can assist you in avoiding unacceptable scores by providing you with sound and reasonable advice for your company.

You will need to have an Employment Equity Plan in place. If your company has 50 or more employees there must be an Employment Equity Committee in place where all EE consultation occurs and is minuted. Should your company employ less than 50 employees all employees must be consulted in all EE Matters to ensure the implementation of the EE Plan and EE Report. VCA can assist you in formulating all these by implementing simple strategies.

Employment Equity is one of the BEE Elements. Your BEE Strategies together with your EE Strategies would work positively for your company should your EE Elements be well represented. At the same time you should be able to identify whether there is something that can be done to improve this element for a better BEE Scorecard.

Companies are allowed to report on their Employment Equity voluntarily if it is not compulsory for them. This will assist with tender applications.