4 planned changes that every South African business should know about Subscribe Lawmakers are currently considering a number of draft pieces of legislation which are likely to have a direct impact on South African workers. The draft laws cover a range of issues including BEE, the wage gap, and the hiring of foreign workers. All of these proposals are set to be discussed further, or even implemented, sometime in 2021. BEE and transformation Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour published the Employment Equity Amendment Bill for public comment in December 2020. The bill will empower the Employment and Labour minister to regulate the setting of sector-specific employment equity targets across most of South Africa’s major industries.