Ill-conceived race-based quotas

The recently published regulations, issued in terms of the Employment Equity Amendment Act, set out the numerical employment equity targets (‘quotas’) for a host of sectors that designated employers (employers with 50 or more employees) will be required to meet over the next five years. It is NEASA’s considered view that these “targets” are ill-conceived, unconstitutional and practicably impossible to attain and will be the subject of litigation.