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Taskforce Report and Papers

The Taskforce on Pay and Employment Equity in the Public Service and the Public Health and Public Education Sectors was established by the Government in 2003. Its task was to advise the Government on the factors contributing to the gender pay gap in those three sectors, and to draw up a five-year plan of action to address pay and employment equity in those sectors. Its report was published in 2004, and led to the development of the Government’s Pay and Employment Equity Plan of Action and the establishment of the Pay and Employment Equity Unit within the Department of Labour.

The Taskforce drew on two key pieces of research produced by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs: Next Step Towards Pay Equity: Discussion Document, July 2002, and Next Steps Towards Pay Equity: Submissions Report, May 2003.

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Pay and Employment Equity in the Public Service and the Public Health and Public Education Sectors

• Preface
• Recommendations
• Part I: Setting the Scene
  • The Role of the Taskforce
    • Goal
    • Definitions
    • Purpose of the Taskforce
    • Principles
    • Process
    • Structure of the report
  • Overview of Pay and Employment Equity
    • Context
      • International conventions
      • Current obligations and mechanisms relating to state sector employers
    • Information
      • Significance
      • Notable gaps
    • Statistics
      • The national picture
      • The state sector
      • The Public Service
      • The public health sector
      • The public education sector
  • Factors contributing to the Gender Pay Gap in relation to Pay and Employment Equity
    • Occupational segregation
    • Pay setting
    • Low pay
    • Contracting out
    • Career paths
    • Part-time work
    • Family responsibilities
    • Educational qualifications and training
  • Related Issues
    • Student loan scheme
    • Retirement income
• Part II: Making it Happen
• Gathering statistical data for pay and employment equity
• Job evaluation tool
• Pay and Employment Equity Unit and Steering Group
• Part III: Action Plan
• Scope for Action
• Action Plan Phase 1
  • Clear and explicit statement of commitment to pay and employment equity outcomes by Government and ministers, and planned communication of this commitment
  • Setting up planning and audit mechanisms for pay and employment equity
  • Setting up a process for equitable pay settlements
  • Strengthening and/or developing accountability mechanisms to deliver pay and employment equity
  • Other initiatives
    • Human Resource Framework Project
    • Childcare assistance
    • Dependant care assistance
    • Paid parental leave
    • Work/life balance
    • Educational qualifications and training
    • Retirement savings
  • Working alongside other organisations
  • Proposed timeline for Plan of Action
• Further Work
  • Phase 2
  • Phase 3