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This section works to further ongoing promotion of employment equity through the recruitment, hiring, retention, and promotion of the faculty and staff at all levels, in compliance with the Employment Equity Act, the Employment Equity Policy, and Employment Equity Plan of the UFS.

Responsibilities

  • Analysing current institutional employment practices, procedures, and statistics to ensure that unfair discrimination is not taking place, and to identify any adverse impact and barriers to the employment and advancement of designated groups.
  • Bringing the analyses with recommendations to the attention of the Director of HR, the Chief Director: Operations, and the Central Employment Equity Committee.
  • Keeping abreast of employment equity legislation and ensuring that these requirements are reflected in the relevant policies and employment equity plans and reports.
  • Ongoing consultation with all relevant stakeholders through employment equity committees regarding all employment equity issues.

Services to heads of departments

  • Attending all shortlist meetings and interviews, and supplying statistics regarding the staff profile of the relevant department/faculty and the UFS.
  • Educating and training staff regarding the relevant legislation, the university’s Employment Equity Policy and the Employment Equity Plan.
  • Consulting with departments regarding initiatives being taken to implement the employment equity plan and assisting them in meeting institutional requirements related to employment equity.
  • Consulting with departments regarding problems with the implementation of the employment equity plan.

Additional information

Use the buttons below to open or download the relevant Employment Equity documents.

Employment Equity Policy March 2005. Revised 2011 Summary of the Employment Equity Act, 55 of 1998 PDF document Employment Equity Three-year Plan Oct 2013 – Sept 2016 Employment Equity Three-year Rolling Plan Oct 2010 – Sept 2013 Employment Equity Three-year Rolling Plan Oct 2007 – Sept 2010

Reports

Employment Equity reports are listed below as clearly marked document links.

Employment Equity Report (EEA2) 2015 Employment Equity Report (EEA2) 2014 Employment Equity Report (EEA2) 2013 Employment Equity Report (EEA2) 2012 Employment Equity Report (EEA2) 2011 Employment Equity Report (EEA2) 2010 Employment Equity Report (EEA2) 2009 Employment Equity Report (EEA2) 2008 Employment Equity Report (EEA2) 2007

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