Online filing of equity reports has increased dramatically in the past two years.
The Commission for Employment Equity notes, in its latest report, that online filing increased by 1 000% between 2006 and 2008.
The commission is a statutory body established in terms of the Employment Equity Act. Its purpose is to advise the minister of labour and it submits an annual report to the minister on the implementation of employment equity.
Chairman Jimmy Manyi writes in the report that “a promising feature towards reaching a paperless work environment for the commission was the increase in the number of employers who reported online in 2008”.
“In 2006, when both large and small employers reported, 338 employers reported online. In 2008, 3 977 employers reported online, which represented an increase of approximately 1 000%,” he writes.
The report covers 10 580 submissions received by the commission between April last year and March this year, and covers almost three million employees. 2008 was the period in which small and large companies provided statistics, as small companies only file every second year.
According to the Employment Equity Act, employers with 150 or more employees are required to submit reports to the department on an annual basis. Those employers with fewer than 150 employees are expected to report every two years. A further requirement is for employers with fewer than 50 employees, but a turnover exceeding that of a small business, to report.
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