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Affirmative Action (Employment) Act, 1998 (No. 29 of 1998).

Main Region

First Region

Namibia
Equality of opportunity and treatment
1998-09-03
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Provides for affirmative action programmes to promote employment for designated groups, which shall include women, disabled persons, and persons who belong to ethnic groups which are disadvantaged due to racially discriminatory laws or practices before the independence of Namibia. Employers shall give preferential treatment to persons from such designated groups by providing employment and removing employment barriers. Establishes an Employment Equity Commission to oversee the impelmentation of the Act.

Entry dates region

    Date of entry into force
    1998-11-18
    All sections except s. 2, 19-43, 45-48. See G.N. 278 of 1998.

Amending Text region

Electronic region

Serial region

    Serial title
    Government Gazette
    Date
    1998-09-24
    Number
    No. 1962
    Page range
    48 p.