Employment Equity Act 1990
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Commenced: 1 Oct 1990
ANALYSIS
Analysis
Title
1 Short Title and commencement
2 Interpretation
3 Act to bind the Crown
I: Employment Equity Commissioner
4 Objects
5 Employment Equity Commissioner
6 Deputy Employment Equity Commissioner
7 Term of office
8 Vacation of office
9 Functions of Commissioner
10 Power to obtain information
11 Right of entry
12 Restriction on right of entry
13 Provision of information by Government Statistician
14 Confidentiality
15 Delegation of functions or powers of Commissioner
16 Revocation of delegations
17 Procedure
18 Proceedings privileged
19 Annual report
20 Remuneration and expenses of Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner
21 Superannuation or retiring allowances of Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner
22 Services for Commissioner
23 Application of certain Acts to Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner
II: Equal Employment Opportunities
24 Application
25 Application of Part II for year ending 31 January 1992
26 Application of Part II for year ending 31 January 1993
27 Date at which workers to be counted
28 Obligations of employers in relation to equal employment opportunities programmes
29 Joint equal employment opportunities programmes
30 Powers and duties of Commissioner in relation to approval of equal employment opportunities programmes
31 Power to review programmes and require changes
32 Power of employer to submit new or amended equal employment opportunities programme for approval
33 Currency of equal employment opportunities programme
34 Assistance in developing equal employment opportunities programme
Compliance Order
35 Power to order compliance
36 Enforcement of order
III: Pay Equity
37 Objects
Pay Equity Assessments
38 Requests for pay equity assessments
39 Contents of requests
40 Preliminary consideration of request
41 Female occupations and male occupations
42 Notice of decision to carry out pay equity assessment
43 Order in which pay equity assessments carried out
44 Interested parties
45 Submissions
46 Decision whether to proceed with assessment
47 Definition of female occupation
48 Selection and definition of comparator male occupations
49 Notice to interested parties of decision to proceed with pay equity assessment
50 Objects of pay equity assessment
51 Basis of assessment
52 Content of pay equity assessment
53 Powers of Commissioner
54 Pay equity report
Pay Equity Claims
55 Jurisdiction in relation to pay equity claims
56 Making of pay equity claim
57 Reference of claim to Arbitration Commission
58 Procedure following reference to Arbitration Commission
59 Final offer
60 Hearing on merits before Arbitration Commission
61 Constitution of Arbitration Commission
62 Pay equity determination
63 Determination on implementation
64 Implementation
65 Effect on subsequent awards and agreements
66 Restrictions on pay equity claims
67 Subsequent pay equity claims
68 Salary bars
IV: Miscellaneous Provisions
69 Jurisdiction of Labour Court in respect of applications for review
70 Service of notices
71 Offence
72 Regulations
73 No reduction in remuneration
74 Review of operation of Act
Amendments to Labour Relations Act 1987
75 Discrimination
76 Unlawful strikes and lockouts
Schedule(s)
1 : Provisions Applying in Respect of Equal Employment Opportunities Programmes