This text focuses on guiding employers, managers, labour relations practitioners, trade unions and students alike in understanding and applying the provisions of South Africa's latest employment equity legislation - the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998. Main features of the publication: detailed discussions on the practical implementation and application of the most important and relevant provisions of the Employment Equity Act; step-by-step, clear guidelines to help employers conduct the equity analysis, consult with the relevant stakeholders on the equity process and develop the employment equity plan and the equity report; a discussion of the Code of Good Practice for the preparation, implementation and monitoring of employment equity plans recently released by the government. Included is a reproduction of the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and copies of all the relevant forms that employers are required to fill in and submit to the Director General - the Employment Equity Report, the Income Differential Statement, a statement about demographic data and a form detailing occupational levels and categories.