Unions say businesses may be forced to implement unlawful quotas to meet the government’s BEE demands.
The government has repeatedly stressed that the sectoral targets are flexible and need to be reached over a long period of time , so they do not amount to quotas.
“Calculations made by the SRI, again using the minister’s published targets as well as the Commission for Employment Equity’s annual report as source data, indicate that a reduction of approximately 66% of white and Indian employees, as well as a reduction of approximately 25% of coloured employees at the top four job levels will be required to meet the minister’s targets.
In rallying businesses to protest the new laws and proposed targets, Solidarity echoed this sentiment.
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