Women not faring well in top management jobs: Commission for Employment Equity

25 April 2016 - 19:17 By Roxanne Henderson

Women are not faring well in top management jobs in both the private sector and government. These are the findings of a report launched on Monday by the Department of Labour's Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) in Pretoria.Black South Africans lead in professionally qualified category of employeesThe report said black people occupy most top management jobs‚ 73.2%‚ in the public sector‚ while white people hold most of the top management jobs in the private sector at 72.4%.White males still SA's top managers‚ despite push for employment equity across race and genderAcross both these sectors‚ however‚ women are poorly represented in top management positions.In national government men hold 67% of these positions while women hold 33%.In provincial government men hold 65% of the top jobs while women hold 35%.In local government men hold 72.9% of these positions compared to women at 27.1%.In the private sector men held 79.9% of the positions and women held 20.1%.Speaking at the launch of the report‚ Labour Department Minister Mildred Oliphant said that in government‚ director-general and deputy director-general jobs were mainly given to men.Commissioner Lulama Nare from the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) said that the report's figures on the women in the workplace reflects what the CGE sees in its work.Oliphant urged critics of transformation in the workplace to come forward with solutions.This year the CEE will meet with employers and employees in a six-month drive to educate them about the requirements of the country's employment equity laws‚ she said.CEE chairperson Commissioner Tabea Kabinde said that overall‚ transformation in the workplace was happening at a “very slow pace” which was “concerning”. -TMG Digital..

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