POPIA Awareness Training - One hour session

Module 1 : Introduction to the Employment Equity Act and EE Amendment Act

• Definitions
• The role and functions of the Department of Labour the EEC and the ECC
• The Constitution and other related legislation
• Employment Equity - 10 years down the line - amendments

Module 2 : Prohibition of Unfair Discrimination

• Defining fair and unfair discrimination - new definition
• Grounds of unfair discrimination
• Harassment and vulnerable employees
• Diversity
• Medical testing, psychometric testing, HIV testing,
• Disputes about unfair discrimination - CCMA and Labour Court
• Equal pay for equal value

Module 3 : People with disabilities

• Definition of disabled
• The code of conduct on disability
• Barriers, and reasonable accommodation.

Module 4 : Affirmative Action

• Defining affirmative action in terms of the EEA,
• How to successfully implement Affirmative action?
• Identifying barriers in the employment environment
• Affirmative action measures,
• Quotas, goals and targets,
• The analysis and consultation processes,
• The EE Plan and how to complete and report to the DOL,
• Defining suitably qualified employees
• Disputes about affirmative action

Module 5 : The Employment Equity forum

• Role, functions, challenges of the EEC - concentrating on the union shop steward and official
• How to achieve success in the forum
• How to change the adversarial forum into a participatory forum

Module 6 : The codes of conduct and 2014 regulations

• Short introduction
• The new code on HIV and equal pay for equal value
• Fines in terms of new EEA Amendment Act 

Module 7 : General

• General amendments to EEAA 2014
• Income differentials
• Protection of employee rights
• Liability of employers
• State contracts and labour brokers, temporary employees
• EE and BBBEE - a synergy or conundrum
• Case studies
• Trouble shooting - dealing with difficult questions and situations
• Including a comprehensive workbook, CD with regulations, documents, articles & case studies.

Module 8 : Trouble shooting

• Dealing with difficult questions and situations