Employers with 50 or more employees are now being measured against race and gender employment quotas that cannot be met in practice. That is the new Employment Equity regime.

In the enclosed video, Gerhard Papenfus explains: Full compliance with the spreadsheet will damage your business. Complete refusal to comply will leave you without a defence. NEASA's advice is maximum appropriate non-compliance: appoint on merit - never surrender that principle. Businesses compete on competence. Drop merit, and you lose culture, morale, and the ability to compete.

At the same time, submit your employment equity report before 15 January 2027. Without it, you will not get a compliance certificate; you cannot tender for state work, and you risk a heavy fine.

Chief Executives must take charge of this. It is not a task for an HR desk or a consultant who recommends blind compliance and does not live with the long-term cost.

NEASA and Sakeliga continue to challenge these quotas in court. While that case proceeds,  protect your business.

Call NEASA now at 012 332 5350 or click here for assistance.

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