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Ingwe Corporate Training is an accredited provider with the Services SETA (SAQA 1994).
Employment Equity & Skills Development Training
Understanding & Applying the EE & Skills Development Acts
Is your company complying with and benefiting from the Employment Equity & Skills Development Acts? This course is designed to assist employers to comply with Employment Equity requirements and benefit from the provisions of the Skills Development Act.
Course Duration: Two days
Course Outline:
Unit 1: Overview of the EE Act
- Purpose of the EE Act
- Application of the EE Act
- Prohibition on unfair dismissal
- Affirmative Action - Monitoring and Enforcement under the EE Act
Unit 2: Discrimination & the EE Act
- Understanding unfair discrimination
- Types of unfair discrimination
- Reasonable accommodation
- Areas where unfair discrimination may be encountered
- Assignment 1: Identify unfair discrimination
- Affirmative action measures
- Inherent requirements of the job
- Assignment 2 and 3: Determine how to differentiate between types of discrimination
Unit 3: Medical & Psychological Testing
- Prohibition on medical testing and expectations
- HIV testing
- Psychological testing
- Relevant case law
- Assignment 4: Decide whether or not medical testing is permissible in the case studies presented
Unit 4: Affirmative Action & the EE Act
- Who are 'designated employers?'
- Duties of designated employers
- The consultation process
- The EE committee
- Who should be on the committee
- What needs to be discussed
- The regulations of the EE Act - Disclosure of information
- The analysis process
- Qualitative
- Statistical
- Workplace Practices
Unit 5: The EE Plan
- Overview and duration
- AA measures to overcome EE barriers
- Numerical goals
- Role of the EE Committee
- Assignment 5: Identifying the EE barriers presented in a case study
Unit 6: The EE Report
- The 2010 regulations
- Understanding occupational levels - completing the tables
- Income differentials
Unit 7: The Skills Development Act
Introduction and overview of the SDA:
- Purposes of the SDA
- National Skills Authority
- 2008 Amendments - Quality Control for Trades and Occupations
- Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs)
- Functions
- Service Level Agreements - Learnerships
Unit 8: The Skills Development Levies Act
- Overview: When levies should be paid and how to recover these levies
- Mandatory and Discretionary grants
- Assignment 8: Participate in a case study - either as a judge or as a litigant
Unit 9: Skills Programme
- Skills development facilitators
- Developing a Workplace Skills Plan
- Links to EE
- How to identify training needs practically
Accreditation
Ingwe Corporate Training is an accredited provider with the Services SETA (SETQAA Decision number 1994) and courses are aligned to current registered unit standards.