South African employers with 50 or more employees

Which economic sector are you in?

Draft an employment equity plan for a designated employer: workforce analysis, barriers, measures, yearly goals and sector targets. Free to read.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Every fact cites its source
SOUTH AFRICA

ePlan fills in

  • Company details
  • Province
  • Sector
  • Reporting cycle

How it works

Employment equity plan, from one answer

  1. Enter your headcount, sector and plan period.One answer starts the project. ePlan names it and looks up the place.
  2. ePlan sets out the plan sections and lays goals against your sector's targets.3 more questions, each with a "not sure yet" way out.
  3. Read the plan free, then download it to consult on and sign.The draft marks what to check (amber), what to pick (blue) and what to fill in (violet).

What you get

Employment equity plan and 1 more document

The first draft is free to read. Each document after it is drafted from the same confirmed facts.

The first draft

Employment equity plan

  1. Duration and yearly objectives
  2. Workforce profile analysis
  3. Barriers found
  4. Affirmative action measures
  5. Numerical goals by occupational level
  6. Sector targets for the plan period

Modeled on: Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, s. 20 (contents of a plan)

Next · 2

Annual employment equity report

  1. Workforce profile
  2. Progress against goals
  3. Sign-off

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

50 employees

is where an employer becomes designated and must prepare an employment equity plan, since 1 January 2025
Source: Minister of Employment and Labour, commencement statement

Questions

Employment equity plan: what people ask

Who must have an employment equity plan?

Designated employers. Since 1 January 2025 the turnover test is gone: employers with 50 or more employees are designated, and those with 1 to 49 employees are excluded from Chapter III.

Source: gov.za

How long does a plan run?

At least one year and no more than five years. It sets yearly objectives, affirmative action measures, numerical goals, a timetable, monitoring and dispute procedures, and the people responsible.

Source: gov.za

What are sector targets?

Section 15A, added by the 2022 amendment, lets the Minister of Employment and Labour set numerical targets for economic sectors. Five-year sector targets were announced when the amendments took effect on 1 January 2025.

Source: gov.za

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