Business groups have accused the Department of Employment and Labour DEL of asking them to apply the apartheid-era Population Registration Act of 1950 to classify employees according to designated groups.
In a statement on Tuesday 9 December, Sakeliga and the National Employers Association of South Africa NEASA published a letter from DEL that cited the now-repealed law.
NEASA had sought clarification from the department on which criteria businesses should use to racially classify employees in line with the Employment Equity Amendment Act of 2023.
