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Dates and Venues

Johannesburg

TBA
EES-SIYAKHA Conference Centre
Parktown
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Fees per delegate

R4 495.00 (excluding VAT)

We offer the following discounts and special offers
(But note that you cannot combine discounts 1, 2 and 4!)

1. 35% discount to NGOs.
2. Should you be interested in attending a specific workshop that is not presented in your area, and you need to fly and stay over, we offer you a 20% discount on that event!
3. Register three delegates for an event and a fourth delegate may attend free of charge.
4. Full payment seven working days from the date of your invoice gets you a 10% discount.

Included in the fees

  • Course material
  • Parking
  • Refreshments
  • Lunch
  • Certificate of Attendance

Enquiries

E-mail Hennie or phone him on (011) 726-3040

Payment

Electronic Transfers
Name: Equity Compliance and Solution
Bank: FNB
Branch: Northcliff
Branch Code: 253 705
Account No: 62063883964

Cheques to be made payable to Equity Compliance and Solution.

Please fax a copy of the deposit slip together with the registration form to Hennie on (011) 726 2400.

Please do not mail payments.

Terms and Conditions
1. Cancellations
Should you be unable to attend, we will accept your written cancellation by no later than 7 working days prior to the start of the workshop,  in which event  a cancellation fee of 25% will be charged. Thereafter, we regret we are unable to refund any fees, although  in such cases  we would be happy to welcome a colleague who would substitute your attendance or keep the credit for a following workshop with the same monetary value. Please note that the cancellation fee of 25% will still apply in such event. All cancellations must please be confirmed in writing. 'No shows' on the dates of the workshop are still liable for the full payment. This clause also applies where we have received your registration form, invoiced you and awaiting your payment.
2. EES-SIYAKHA is not liable for any transportation or accommodation costs incurred related to the prospective attendance of an event that does not go ahead on the advertised date. The terms applicable in Clause 1 to cancellations received later than 7 working days prior to the start of the workshop will apply to any payments made in respect of events that do not go ahead for whatsoever reason.



Labour Law Workshop: Labour Law for Non-HR Professionals
Achieve productive manpower without infringing upon powerful labour laws!

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In South Africa the biggest challenge for employers is the balancing act of achieving productive manpower without infringing upon the countless powerful labour laws protecting employees.

In this highly interactive workshop delegates learn from the wrongdoings of a fictitious company called Mile High Airlines. They receive detailed input on how to balance labour law compliance with the effective management of the functions below.

DAY 1

9.00: MANPOWER PLANNING AND RECRUITMENT

  • Reviewing organisational strategy
  • Reviewing operational and strategic plans
  • Integrating manpower and organizational strategy
  • Recruiting against the manpower plan

9.30: SCREENING AND SELECTION

  • Decide what you want
  • Identify departmental priorities
  • Take into account affirmative action targets
  • Avoid discriminatory criteria

10.00: JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND PERSON SPECIFICATIONS

  • Base job descriptions on key objectives
  • Work out the qualifications necessary for achieving organisational objectives
  • Ensure that job requirements and person specs line up

10.30: TEA

10.45: JOB ADVERTISEMENTS

  • Reflect the job goals and person specification
  • Include detail aimed at screening out chancers
  • Avoid discriminatory content
  • Avoid discriminatory placement of adverts

11.15: REFERENCE CHECKING

  • Devise questionnaire from job/person specification
  • Request information relevant to job requirements
  • Establish why applicant left
  • Approach the right people for references
  • Avoid discriminatory questions

11.30: INTERVIEWING

  • Don’t expect miracles
  • Use interviews for identifying questions and clarifying facts
  • Avoid discriminatory questions

12.00: PRE-EMPLOYMENT TESTING

  • Get tests validated
  • AIDS and health testing
  • Skills tests
  • Tests of potential

12.30: RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION LEGISLATION

  • Race, ethnicity and language
  • Age, illness, sex and gender
  • Marital status and family responsibility
  • Qualifications, experience, prior learning and potential

13.00: LUNCH

14.00: PROBATION AND INDUCTION

  • Purpose of probation
  • Extending probation
  • Corrective procedure
  • Intertwining probation with induction and support

14.30: ACTING APPOINTMENTS AND LEGAL PITFALLS

  • What is an acting appointment?
  • Acting allowances
  • The right to the permanent post
  • Performance Management

15.00: RETENTION OF KEY STAFF

  • Identifying key staff
  • Packages
  • Working conditions

15.15: TEA

15.30: TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

  • Identifying training needs
  • Formal training
  • On the job training
  • Assessment of training effectiveness

16.00: CAREER PATHING AND SUCESSION PLANNING

  • Identifying high flyers
  • Designing career paths
  • Identifying key posts
  • Succession planning

DAY 2

9.00: EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION

  • Appointing the right supervisors
  • Supervisory training
  • Supervisory goals
  • Motivation and discipline

9.30: PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT, MOTIVATION AND TEAMWORK

  • Identifying performance goals
  • Performance assessment
  • Performance management
  • Promoting and motivating teamwork

10.00: EMPLOYMENT EQUITY AND DISCRIMINATION

  • The Employment Equity Act
  • Affirmative Action
  • Prohibition of discrimination
  • Sexual harassment

10.15: TEA

1O.30: DISCIPLINE AND DISMISSAL

  • What is discipline?
  • Day-to-day discipline
  • What is dismissal?
  • What is unfair dismissal?
  • Effective discipline

13.00: LUNCH

14.00: RETRENCHMENT AND OUTSOURCING

  • Substantive fairness
  • Retrenchment criteria
  • Fair procedure
  • Takeovers as going concerns
  • Outsourcing

14.30: DEALING WITH TRADE UNIONS

  • Union recognition
  • Rights of union members
  • Protected and unprotected strikes
  • Dealing with strikes

15.00: EVIDENCE, WITNESSES AND PROOF

  • Dual role of witnesses
  • Preparation of witnesses
  • Pairing witnesses and other evidence
  • Preparing to prove your case at the disciplinary hearing

15.15: TEA

15.30: FAIRNESS AND THE CCMA

  • What is fairness?
  • Onus of proof is on the employer
  • Winning at arbitration
  • Key do’s and don’ts

ABOUT YOUR PRESENTER

Ivan lsraelstam is a labour law and industrial relations specialist with an honours degree from The University of the Witwatersrand and an IPM diploma in Personnel Management and in Training. In addition to his 24 years of hands-on work in this field he is a regular labour law columnist for a number of newspapers and journals including “The Star” newspaper’s ‘Workplace”.

Ivan was appointed in 1996 as a part-time commissioner with the Commission For Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration. He speaks regularly on television and radio and at conferences and seminars on subjects including labour law, Affirmative action, discipline, union negotiations and conflict management. Ivan is currently on SACOB’’s Labour Affairs Committee and the main author of the “Labour Law for Managers Practical Handbook”. In recognition of his distinctive contribution in this field, Ivan has been included in the book “Who’s Who in Southern Africa”.
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