Newly amended Employment Equity Act to come into effect in Sept 2023

The amended Employment Equity (EE) Act, which empowers the Employment and Labour Minister to regulate sector-specific EE targets and to regulate compliance criteria to issue EE Compliance Certificates in terms of Section 53 of the Act is expected to come into force on September 1, 2023. Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) labour policy and industrial relations acting deputy director-general (DDG) Thembinkosi Mkalipi says the signing of the Bill by President Cyril Ramaphosa is imminent, with this expected to happen between now and the beginning of 2023.