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Showing 1 to 20 of 62 for “"Employment Equity"”.
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An evaluation of UCT employment equity policy : the role of UCT in promoting employment equity (1995-2002)
… by decades of Apartheid policies demanded employment of specific programmes in order to correct the situation. The period witnessed major transformation that is mainly intended to accommodate the previously marginalised communities; blacks, women and disabled people. These changes brought …
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Intersectionality and employment equity in South Africa
The objectives of the South African Employment Equity Act include providing equal opportunity in the workplace. However, the existing methods for achieving equality of opportunity have been unsuccessful because they do not engage sufficiently with the complexity of, and reasons for, inequality in …
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Exploring Employment Equity: Diversity & Inclusion in Canada’s Legislation & Policy
… remained the same. This thesis examines Canada’s Employment Equity-a policy intended to eliminate systemic discrimination in the workplace-and its effectivity at creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. The main research question is, in the past five years, has Employment Equity assisted in …
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Exploring employees' attitudes towards employment equity from a social identity perspective
… Africa tend to differ in their attitudes towards Employment Equity (EE) strategies, particularly, towards preferential treatment in terms of EE. Negative attitudes towards preferential treatment in turn may act as contributing factors to demographic changes towards a more representative workforce …
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Employment equity transformation within various levels of management in selected South African mines
Background There has been slow employment equity (EE) transformation in the South African mining industry, particularly within middle and executive management levels. The number of black Africans in management positions remains low and more needs to be done to bring about the desired levels of …
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Women's employment equity in South African local government : a study of senior managers
… initiatives in South Africa. A data set on employment statistics of local government is utilised. As an analytical device, the data for local government is compared with national and provincial governments.
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Employment equity as a measurement of perceived female empowerment in the railway safety regulator.
… in different sectors. This study aimed to assess employment equity as a measure for women’s empowerment through understanding the respondents’ perceptions about equity practices within the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR). Data was collected using an adapted existing questionnaire to determine …
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Effectiveness of selection committees in making employment equity appointments at the Health Science Faculty
… University of Cape Town in making employement equity appointments since 1998/1999 to 2004. The focus is on the effectiveness of new procedures that have been integrated in the selection process of the faculty, since 1998/1999 to ensure employment actions appointments. An applied form of …
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An evaluation of the employment equity act at uThungulu District hospitals for people with disabilities.
… some people with disabilities opportunities of employment. The law that effects the constitutional provision is the Employment Equity Act (1998) where affirmative action measures are prescribed and to be implemented by designated employers. Many years have passed since the promulgation of the …
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Exploring employment equity in leadership positions in the public sector: a case study of the Western Cape Education department
… institutional frameworks and promoting equity in development. Despite various efforts, the advancement of black professionals and the achievement of racial equality in the workplace remain significant obstacles, with under-representation persisting in many sectors (Coovadia, Jewkes, …
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A critical analysis of section 6(4) of the Employment Equity ACT: is it likely to achieve its stated objectives?
… a critical analysis of section 6(4) of the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 (“EEA”) and seeks to address the question of whether it is likely to achieve its stated objective of giving effect to the constitutional right to equality. In conducting my analysis, I consider the concept of …
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The influence of capacity building on employment equity implementation and employee performance : a case of a private company in the financial industry
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Human Resource Management, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2021.
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Challenges regarding the implementation of Employment Equity Act within the Department of Health and the management thereof: a case study of Vhembe District
… challenges regarding the implementation of Employment Equity Act within the Department of Health and the management thereof: A case of study of Vhembe District. The Employment Equity Act No. 55 of 1998 was put in place by Government to facilitate the implementation of fair workplace …
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An investigation of the implementation of the Employment Equity Act (No. 55 of 1998) of South Africa by organisations in Cape Town in the Western Cape
… of the past by passing laws such as the Employment Equity Act No. 55 of 1998. The Act was promulgated for the purpose of bringing equity and parity to the workplace. However, findings from this research study and other initiatives, such as those from the Employment Equity Commission …
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Is the composition of staff within Tygerberg administration in terms of employment equity, representative of the demographics of the Western Cape from 05/01/2000 - 31/12/2001?
… in one of the two ways, either through equal employment opportunity or Affirmative Action. Affirmative Action is a specific intervention directed toward ensuring that employment opportunities are created by actively correcting imbalances caused by past discrimination and achieving employment …
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An investigation of transformation inclusivity in the strategic planning of built environment organisation in South Africa
… has been very slow in terms of delivering employment equity in the built environment. It appears that built environment organisations lack effective strategic plans that promote transformation, fail to use succession planning to embrace transformation, indulge in non-transparent recruitment …
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The influence of normative whiteness in the South African private sector
… and notwithstanding the requirements of the Employment Equity Act (Act 55 of 1998), the South African private sector remains largely under the control of White executives, while Black African people constitute less than 20% of senior and top management (Commission for Employment Equity, …
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Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment : a human capital development approach
… key elements of the Draft BBBEE Scorecard for Employment Equity; Skills Development and Organisational Transformation (2005). In phase two, content analysis (documentation analysis) is applied to compare and contrast the draft BBBEE Scorecard of 2005 with the final BBBEE Scorecard of 2007, …
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Overcoming the Penrose Stairs of history: the legislated treatment of the 'designated groups' within a hierarchy of discrimination approach
… descending and ending as an illusion. This is Employment Equity legislation in South Africa with its purported aim of redressing the disadvantages of its designated groups. It is legislation that aims to promote equal opportunity, fair treatment and eliminate unfair discrimination yet cannot …
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