In this fourth and final episode, Jeremy speaks about how employers need to be more strategic about employing people with disabilities if they wish to succeed. In the previous three episodes Jeremy outlined the importance of seeing disability inclusion in perspective, taking into account three views; the legislative view, the human rights view and the business case view. In this episode, Jeremy discusses what he calls his ‘holistic disability equity approach’. He states that typically, READ MORE
Category: Disability Equity
Comments on Revised BBBEE Codes
We wish to bring to the attention of the committee, our observations and comments pertaining to Code 700. (Page 56 3.2.2) This code pertains the Corporate Social Investment pillar of BBBEE. Brief Our issue lies not with the original code which requires for 75% of the beneficiaries, of an NPO/NGO to be black persons, in order for maximum BBBEE points to be scored by companies wishing to donate funds to NPO’s. However, our problem is READ MORE
Comments on BBBEE Revised Codes October 2012
We wish to bring to the attention of this committee, our observations and comments pertaining Code 300 and 200, as Gazetted in 2007 and now recently revised in October 2012. These Codes are the “Measurement of the Employment Equity element of Broad based Black Economic Empowerment”. (BBBEE) Brief Our issue lies not with any proposed amendments to the Codes but to the Employment Equity related codes in general, and to how they relate to and READ MORE
A Business Perspective on Disability
Forward to the “Best Company to work for” publication 2005 Published by Corporate Research Foundation By 2005, employers, including the Government have to file compliance or failure in the most underestimated and misunderstood aspect of our country’s transformation process: Disability Equity. Unlike race and, to a lesser extent, gender, disability has been inadequately addressed in terms of the designated groups highlighted within the Employment Equity Act (EEA). Much energy has been spent on attempting to READ MORE