EQUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE
(ARE WE EQUAL OR JUST JUST THE SAME AS BEFORE) Throughout the ages the issue of equality has been at the core of shaping human societies and nations. Aristotle over 2000 years ago captured the dynamics of equality well when he said, “people who are equal should be treated equally, and people who are unequal should be treated unequally”. The world still battles with establishing what equality is and how best to implement it but it’s safe to say a lot of progress has been made around the world but there is still much to do. In the realm of employment equality is a jurisprudence that has been developing especially since Constitutions around the world started to recognize fair labour practices as a human right. The spectrum of equality in the realm of employment is quite wide and for the purposes of this article we are going to look at the most crucial aspects and cases so we may have a good enough understanding of it. I shall look at the South African development of equality i...