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Meaning of "employment equity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Employment equity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EMPLOYMENT EQUITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

employment equity

Affirmative action

Affirmative action or positive discrimination is the policy of providing special opportunities for, and favoring members of, a disadvantaged group who suffer from discrimination. The nature of positive discrimination policies varies from region to region. Some countries, such as India, use a quota system, whereby a certain percentage of jobs or school vacancies must be set aside for members of a certain group. In some other regions, specific quotas do not exist; instead, members of minorities are given preference in selection processes.

Definition of employment equity in the English dictionary

The definition of employment equity in the dictionary is a policy or programme designed to reserve jobs for people formerly disadvantaged under apartheid. Other definition of employment equity is a policy or programme designed to ensure equal opportunity in employment.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

employability
employable
employe
employee
employee association
employee benefits
employee contribution
employee stock ownership plan
employer
employer contribution
employer´s liability
employers´ association
employers´ federation
employment
employment agency
employment exchange
employment law
employment office
Employment Service
employment tribunal

WORDS THAT END LIKE EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

acuity
ambiguity
annuity
antiquity
appropinquity
continuity
discontinuity
equity
fruity
inequity
ingenuity
iniquity
longinquity
negative equity
obliquity
private equity
promiscuity
propinquity
ubiquity
wife´s equity

Synonyms and antonyms of employment equity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «employment equity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

Find out the translation of employment equity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of employment equity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «employment equity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

就业平等
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

equidad en el empleo
570 millions of speakers

English

employment equity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रोजगार इक्विटी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المساواة في التوظيف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

капитал занятости
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

igualdade no emprego
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কর্মসংস্থান ইকুইটি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

équité en matière d´ emploi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ekuiti pekerjaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Employment Equity
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

雇用均等
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고용 평등
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Katrangan Employment
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vốn chủ sở hữu lao động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேலை சமபங்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रोजगार इक्विटी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Istihdam eşitliği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

equità occupazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kapitał zatrudnienia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

капітал зайнятості
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

echitate ocuparea forței de muncă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ισότητας στην απασχόληση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gelyke indiensneming
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sysselsättnings kapital
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sysselsetting egenkapital
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of employment equity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EMPLOYMENT EQUITY»

The term «employment equity» is regularly used and occupies the 95.782 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of employment equity
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EMPLOYMENT EQUITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about employment equity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMPLOYMENT EQUITY»

Discover the use of employment equity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to employment equity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Understanding the Employment Equity Act
This book contains a systematic, accessible commentary on the EEA. The key provisions of the Act are systematically covered, with key point summaries and frequently asked questions (FAQs) to aid understanding.
Ockert Dupper, Urmila Bhoola, Christoph Garbers, 2009
2
Selling Diversity: Immigration, Multiculturalism, Employment ...
Using gender, race/ethnicity, and class lenses to frame their analysis, the authors review Canadian immigration, multiculturalism, and employment equity policies, including their different historical origins, to illustrate how a preference ...
Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Christina Gabriel, 2013
3
Employment Equity and Affirmative Action: An International ...
In this chapter, we examine quantitative and qualitative approaches to measuring the effectiveness of Employment Equity (EE). We propose an EE Index that is verified using Canadian data. Although the focus is on racial minorities, it may ...
Harish C. Jain, Peter J. Sloane, Frank M. Horwitz, 2003
4
Employment Equity in the Higher Education Sector: A Study of ...
First, the new plan states that many of the issues identified in the employment equity survey were addressed in the first plan. Second, all of the first-level forums have in the meantime disbanded; ostensibly because they believed that they had  ...
Martin MacEwen, André Louw, Ockert Dupper, 2005
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South African Human Resource Management: Theory & Practice
This may involve alternative ways of getting the work of organisations done superiorly. This book will help you to apply HRM effectively to achieve its ultimate aim, namely to add value to people, to organisations and to society.
Ben Swanepoel, 2008
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Fresh Perspectives: Human Resource Management
In fact, an employment equity programme cannot be successful without the necessary training and development. Some employees require training to develop competencies which they lack in relation to their job, but all members of the ...
Ronel Kleynhans, 2006
7
Systemic Discrimination in Employment and the Promotion of ...
An employer is required to make all reasonable efforts to implement its employment equity plan and to monitor its implementation regularly in order to assess whether reasonable progress is being made.13 (5) Review. An employer is also ...
Ronald L. Craig, 2007
8
Recruitment and Selection in Canada
take action to remedy a specific complaint. Both human rights and employment equity legislation have the same ultimate aim: to eliminate discrimination in the workplace against disadvantaged groups and to improve their positions in ...
‎2009
9
Equality and Non-discrimination in South Africa: The ...
2.2 Employment Equity Act10 and affirmative action Notwithstanding the fact that specific provisions in the Constitution (see above) and the Equality Act (see below) incorporate broader legal concepts and theories on measures to redress past, ...
Shadrack Gutto, 2001
10
International Handbook on Globalisation, Education and ...
TERMINOLOGY: EMPLOYMENT EQUITY OR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION? Affirmative action and employment equity are complex terms, with many different meanings for stakeholders in various international contexts. In some countries, affirmative ...
Joseph Zajda, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMPLOYMENT EQUITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term employment equity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Geingob Administration - the Achievements So Far - Part 2
The 5th Employment Equity Commission was appointed by the Minister for a three-year term commencing 1 April 2015 and the Commissioners ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
2
Junior Front-End Developer
New Media Publishing aims to provide equal opportunities in terms of our employment equity guidelines. New Media Publishing reserves the ... «Bizcommunity.com, Jul 15»
3
BBBEE Codes
... avoid reporting under ownership, management and employment equity, all elements typically more complex to address in the short term. «BBQ Online, Jul 15»
4
BEE turns off US firms
Complying with employment equity made finding talent “doubly difficult”. Local content requirements were another concern because most ... «The Citizen, Jul 15»
5
Shell SA's Bonang Mohale - Transformation imperative for Nation …
You know that's an interesting conversation because some of these transformative instruments, like Employment Equity, Broad Based Black ... «BizNews, Jul 15»
6
SA policies headache for US companies
... the country in general, but more so in highly technological fields, and complying with employment equity made finding talent 'doubly difficult'. «Moneyweb.co.za, Jul 15»
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South Africa - Marikana Perspectives, 2
... AIDC report notes, even in the official reports that Lonmin and other companies are required to file under the Employment Equity Act of 1998, ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
8
Western Cape ANC leadership must first confront its own demons
The National Question manifests itself in the policies of government for example Employment Equity and Black Economic Empowerment. «News24, Jul 15»
9
Addressing the diversity gap
This data on visible minorities comes from the Statistics Canada National Household Survey in support of Canada's Employment Equity Act, ... «Peterborough Examiner, Jul 15»
10
Union fights against Telkom retrenchments
These are (1) LIFO (Last In, First Out), subject to the retention of scarce and critical skills; and (2) employment equity considerations, where ... «BusinessTech, Jul 15»

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