Comair taking unnecessary flak
Finance24Comair fined for EE actions2007-11-13 18:55Cape Town - The Labour Department has taken Comair to court for breaching provisions of the Employment Equity Act, according to the government's news agency Bua News.
The agency reported on Tuesday that the department's director-general Vanguard Mkosana filed the application with the Johannesburg labour court after giving several warnings to the airline.
According to the application, Comair has been found to be in breach of the following provisions of the Employment Equity Act:
Section 20 of Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, by failing to prepare and implement an Employment Equity Plan which would achieve reasonable progress towards employment equity in the respondent's workplace between the periods 2000 to September 2007;
Section 21 (2) (3) (4) and (5) by submitting reports to the first applicant which were not based on any existing Employment Equity Plan of the respondent and/or submitting falsified reports;
Section 21 (3) of Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 by failing to submit a report to the Director General on the first working day of October 2007;
Section 24 of Employment Equity Act, in that Comair failed to assign one or more senior managers to take responsibility for monitoring and implementing an EE Plan from 2000 to 26 March 2007; and
Section 26 of EE Act 55 of 1998 by failing to keep records in respect of its workforce, its EE Plan and other records relevant for purposes of compliance with the EE Act 55 of 1998.
Comair is also being ordered to pay a fine of R900 000 as prescribed by schedule 1 of the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and to pay the costs of the application.
The company is also required to file notice of intention to oppose and an answering affidavit within 10 days from the date the application was served.
If no intention to oppose and an answering affidavit were filed as required in the notice of motion, the application might be heard in the respondent's absence and an order for costs might be sought against the respondent.
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My view: Comair has done more than all but one airline in this country to adress the so called imbalance. Which other airline except SAA has a continuously running cadet program? The Captain group at Comair is being viewed by the government as "management" and as a result "too white". Show me one airline in this country that has achieved the required complement of black managers.
I am tired of this crap.