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dc.contributor.authorSmit, Nicola
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-10T11:35:11Z
dc.date.available2016-06-10T11:35:11Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationSmit, N. 2013. The contribution of labour law and non–discrimination law to empowerment and social justice in an unequal society: a South African perspective. International journal of comparative labour law and industrial relations, 29(4):375-390. [http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/toc.php?pubcode=IJCL]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0952-617X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/17724
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?area=Journals&id=IJCL2013024
dc.description.abstractThe tragic events at the Marikana mine ( North-West Province, South Africa) in 2012 again underlined the vast inequalities that persist in South African society. Significant income differentials and disparities in quality of life remain pervasive in society, regardless of the fact that the statutory framework addresses unfair discrimination during recruitment, employment and termination. The South African regulatory framework extends beyond the workplace as a result of the Constitution that includes a Bill of Rights, along with generally applicable equality provisions, skills developments legislation, black economic empowerment legislation and sector-specific codes of conduct and charters. Regardless of this vast regulatory system, the achievement of equality or, arguably, a socially just society remains an elusive ideal for many South Africans. This contribution provides a brief overview of the statutory framework for promoting equality and preventing and eliminating unfair discrimination in South African workplaces. The contribution will highlight certain challenges that remain in the area of labour equality laws with regard to conceptual and application issues, and will argue that labour law in itself cannot address the problems facing a highly unequal society such as South Africa. However, where there are other non-discrimination laws and empowering statutes in place, greater emphasis must be placed on the coordination and integration of all relevant statutory instruments and on cultivating fundamental values and rights across the wide spectrum of societyen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKluwer Law Internationalen_US
dc.subjectEqualityen_US
dc.subjectsocial justiceen_US
dc.subjectaffirmative actionen_US
dc.subjectemployment equityen_US
dc.subjectinherent requirementsen_US
dc.subjectunfair discriminationen_US
dc.titleThe contribution of labour law and non–discrimination law to empowerment and social justice in an unequal society: a South African perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID12539856 - Smit, Nicola


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