Our Services

We provide a One-Stop facility that covers all labour related issues, from basic advice and assistance to the handling of specialized and sensitive labour issues at senior management level, to the most complicated and technical legal issues in Court.

Documentation

  • Grievance procedures
  • Contracts of employment, limited duration contracts and permanent contracts.
  • Independent  contractor agreements.
  • Documentation required for hearings and dismissals.
  • Policy documents, e.g. sexual harassment, smoking, electronic communications, restraint of trade and confidentiality.

Personnel Infrastructure

Ensuring legal compliance with and advising on the requirements as set out in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, namely:

  • Time / shift rosters and time keeping
  • Leave and sick leave registers
  • Wages / salaries / deductions / pay slips
  • Filing system and records
  • Job descriptions and structures
  • Setting out responsibility and accountability structures

Discipline

  • Conducting investigations and preparations for hearings.
  • Drafting charges / preparing charge sheet.
  • Chairing disciplinary hearings.
  • Advice regarding substantial and procedural fairness.
  • Evidence and the presentation thereof.
  • Warnings and disciplinary action short of dismissal.

Disputes

  • Dealing with CCMA related disputes / correspondence / documentation.

  • Attending Conciliation and Arbitration at CCMA (subject to the CCMA Rules).

  • Rescission Applications.

  • Department of Labour disputes/ inspections.

Unions

  • Process for dealing with any union in terms of the Labour Relations Act.

  • Stop orders and verification process.

  • Drafting Collective Agreements.

  • Negotiations.

  • Workplace forum.

HR Management

  • Assistance with the design / structure of the company’s HR department.
  • Development and implementation of appropriate Conditions of Employment and Workplace Policies.
  • Assistance with the management of all HR processes at Head Office and regional offices.
  • Dealing with grievances.
  • Drafting, editing and structuring a disciplinary code and associated procedure documents.
  • Ensuring the correct implementation of disciplinary procedures and practices.

Legal / HR Compliance Audit

  • Perusal of all company documentation and practices to verify statutory compliance.

Training

  • We have designed and established flexible learning programmes that allow us to provide training at all levels in the workplace, hereby enabling our clients to handle labour related issues in-house. Our training is designed to achieve the acquisition of skills that can be utilized to establish a visible difference in the workplace.

  • Our quality training programmes and workshops are aimed at the practical handling of topics/ issues e.g. “Managing Misconduct, Incapacity and Poor Performance”,            “Conducting Disciplinary Hearings” and “Basic Industrial Relations Principles”.

Incapacity (Ill Health, Injury or Poor work performance

  • Identify and deal with incapacity cases.

CCMA / Labour Court

  • Litigation and appearance at the CCMA / Labour Court.

  • Drafting and service of all documents.

  • Managing procedures to ensure compliance.

  • Review and rescission Applications

Negotiations

  • Years of experience in dealing with sensitive labour disputes at all levels.

Retrenchment

  • Planning and formulating the retrenchment process as needed.
  • Ensuring compliance during implementation.