WORKPLACE TRANSFORMATION

Employment Equity Policy

In compliance with the Employment Equity Act (No. 55 of 1998), Umgeni Water continues to implement its Employment Equity Policy, the objectives of which are to:

• promote the constitutional rights of equality;
• exercise democracy;
• eliminate unfair discrimination in employment; and
• achieve a diverse workforce that is representative of the people of KwaZulu- Natal and South Africa in general.

Employment Equity and Skills Development Steering Committee

This Committee is responsible for co-ordinating the establishment of targets and mechanisms for monitoring and reporting Affirmative Action progress to the organisation and the Department of Labour (DoL). The implementation of the Training and Development Framework aims to fast-track the achievement of these targets. The organisational makeup is shown in the graphs below, while corporate targets are shown in the table to the left.