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Century Electrical is deeply committed to transformation (BEE), seeing it as both a national imperative and a vital aspect of our business strategy. This commitment extends to all our employees, as we recognize our responsibilities to our customers, shareholders, and the broader community.
As an equal opportunity and affirmative action company, we are proud to hold majority shareholding by a PDI and to be recognized as a “black economic empowered” company. Our affirmative action program has seen significant progress, with at least 5 members of the designated group in top and middle management positions. Currently, we employ 120 people.
Our policies reflect our dedication to equal opportunity and affirmative action, including recruitment strategies to address imbalances, special training programs for disadvantaged groups, and initiatives to diversify decision-making structures. We firmly believe that affirmative action is crucial for industrial reconciliation and South Africa’s human resource development.
Black Economic Empowerment Policy
1. Century is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and affirmative action aimed at the development of a staff profile that will reflect the profile of the community itself.
2. Squarely within the current debates and perspectives of affirmative action, equal opportunities, and issues of equity, the management of this company would like to reaffirm its stance and clearly indicate that its perspective does not detract from the fundamental interest of labor and the staff employed with particular emphasis on persons who have been historically disadvantaged by race and gender inequities.
3. Our view is that change must be seen as thorough – ongoing transformation of the material and spiritual conditions, of the most oppressed and exploited section of our society. To this end, our organization is committed to a program of affirmative action that transcends the promotion of black people, women, and physically disabled people, merely for the sake of cosmetic change. As such, we maintain that affirmative action must relentlessly strive to transform the social conditions of the rural masses and not be abused by individual, black or white, with vested interests and personal agendas.
4. Affirmative action and its implementation are essential for the promotion of industrial reconciliation and the development of South Africa’s human resources.
5. Empowerment of the previously disadvantaged is inextricably linked to the provision of additional financial education and special training facilities, in order to establish a base for effective competition and participation.
6. Our company will supervise the process of implementation of equal opportunity / affirmative action policies. This extends we have resolved as follows:
- The promotion of equality in employment,
- The formulation and implementation of appropriate standards and procedures,
Evaluation of recruitment / selection procedures, - Strategies for people development / training;
Mentoring systems to be devised; - Retention of competent black staff.
The equal employment practice that we have adopted is summarised as follows:
- Elimination of race, colour, ethnic origin, religious and political persuasion, gender, disability, age, or sexual orientation as considerations or factors in recruitment, promotion, selection, education, training, and development, conditions of service, use of facilities, allocation of bursars or in any other manner whatsoever.
- Disability and age shall not count as objective criteria in recruitment or selection, unless these are intrinsic requirements for specific positions. In respect of gender, we have also resolved that equal pay and benefits to all employees doing equal or comparative work for the same period of time. Our staff and more particulars our professional staff, have undergone various training courses, for professional development, at the costs of the company and we shall continue to do so as part of our budget.