Your Employment Equity implementation needs a plan – otherwise, it’s not much of a journey (and more something to keep someone busy). However, where to start? If you are not an Employment Equity expert, it can quickly become overwhelming to keep track of the tasks you need to do, routine activities, goals, measurements, and even just understanding the legislation.
With the Annual Employment Equity Submissions opening today 1 September 2021, many organisations will now scramble to finalise and get their implementation in place. Unfortunately, this is where shortcuts and makeshift solutions sneak in, and the Department of Employment and Labour will clamp down hard with audits conducted on many South African businesses.
By 15 January 2022, businesses will hopefully have a clean slate for their EE implementation. With our eyes on the future, how can you make EE contribute to your business goals in 2022?
It starts with a plan
The key to successful and valuable EE compliance is to have a plan – a roadmap for 1 September 2022, that supports your business goals.
Drawing up your EE plan can never be an afterthought in a successful and thriving EE implementation. Your EE plan is the cornerstone of your implementation and can act as a guiding light throughout the year to come, before your next submission.
More than that, it can ensure that EE isn’t only a compliance factor, but that it truly contributes to growing your business and community in the years to come.
Step 1: Not knowing, but understanding
The first step to your Employment Equity Plan, a roadmap to future success, is to know where you are starting. Not to just know, but to truly understand.
It is at this juncture that many businesses may require the assistance of an EE expert – one that can see the faults and gaps easily, and help you and your team understand exactly what your level of compliance is and what opportunities exist to create value from your compliance.
At Annual Workplace Solutions we offer an obligation-free evaluation of your Employment Equity compliance that will shed light on areas for improvement and areas of compliance. This is the quickest and easiest way to start planning for your next EE implementation to ensure it helps you build your business.
Once you understand where you are, you can plan a path ahead to ensure that the next year’s EE submissions aren’t a headache, but a showcase of true transformation and how your business has impacted the lives of South Africans. Stay tuned for more in this series!