Employment Equity Act Amendment Unlikely To Lower Hurdles To Women’s Place In The Workplace

The rapid loss of jobs by women during the Covid-19 pandemic indicates that society still sees women’s paid employment as less important than their domestic role, and it will take more than legislation to change that perception, according to a research article recently published in the Women’s Report by the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB). We speak to Abigail Butcher, contributor to The Women’s Report, Employment Associate at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr.