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2012: Labour Law and Employment Manual - Now Available
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We have received literally hundreds of enquiries asking whether or not we are producing a Labour Law, Employment and Health and Safety Manual for 2011.
Due to the heavy demand, we have decided to once again publish the S.A. Labour Guide Labour Law, Employment and Health and Safety Manual for 2011.
This year we present a new issue of the extremely popular Manual in CD format.
We are therefore this year publishing a new issue of the extremely popular Manual on CD, containing the following folders:
- Human Resources and daily challenges
- Basic Conditions of Employment: A Practical Explanation
- Managing Discipline in the workplace
- Managing Poor Performance
- CCMA
- Trade Unions
- Employment Equity
- Retrenchments
- Transfer of Businesses
- Aarto and your Business
- Articles and overviews
- Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases
- Health and Safety
- Draft Policies
- Acts and Regulations
- Codes of Good Practice
- CCMA Referral Forms
- CCMA Information Sheets
- Sectoral Determinations
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A – MANAGING YOUR HUMAN RESOURCES AND COMMON WORKPLACE CHALLENGES
D1 Managing your Human Resources and Common workplace challenges
(Guide – 260 Pages)
- How to deal with Insubordination
- What is insubordination?
- How do we deal with insubordination?
- Shop Stewards and insubordination
- Insubordination vs. Misconduct
- Specific types of misconduct
- Unauthorised use of the employer's property
- Assault
- Conflict of interest - unfairly competing with the employer
- Alcohol or drug abuse & drinking on duty
- Fraud
- Insubordination
- Damage to property
- Dishonesty
- Absenteeism, bad attendance or poor timekeeping
- Falsification of records
- Improper conduct
- Incompatibility
- Sexual harassment
- How to deal with absenteeism
- Duty to render service
- Common law
- Modern law
- Absenteeism
- Abscondment
- Desertion
- Absence from overtime work
- Involuntary absence
- Deliberate and wilful absenteeism
4. Absenteeism – at what cost?
- Uncontrolled absence
- Warning signs
- Record-keeping and reviews
- The employer's attendance or absenteeism policy
- Salaries – cost to company
- Medical certificates – What constitutes a 'valid' medical certificate?
- The BCEA and medical certificates
- Traditional Healer Certificates
- Clinic Certificates
- Medical and Dental Professions Board Rules – Medical Certificates
- Medical certificates- Validity of a medical certificate as evidence
- The importance of having properly trained chairpersons and chairing disciplinary in a fair and consistent manner
- The minimum requirements for a fair disciplinary hearing
- The importance of investigating allegations of misconduct in the workplace – or outside the workplace
- Job Descriptions & Extra duties
- Disciplinary sanctions – Warnings
- Validity of warnings & accumulative final written warnings
- Consistency in applying progressive discipline
- Frequently Asked Questions – Warnings
- Theft – the requirements for dismissal
- Can an employer dismiss for derivative or team misconduct?
- Hearsay evidence - when it is difficult to prove guilt
- Guideline for employers on polygraph testing
- Polygraph testing in the entrapment environent
- Entrapment
- Constructive Dismissals
- Constructive Dismissals in 2010
- Smoking and constructive dismissal
- The law on resignation or dismissal
- The Labour court confirmed the common law on resignation from employment:
- Termination on notice not in compliance with contractual notice period
- The application of sections 37 and 38 of the BCEA
- How to deal with union misconduct
- The right of managers to belong to a Union
- Double Jeopardy
- What is double jeopardy?
- Can we have a second hearing?
- Can the employer appeal against a sanction?
- Is it double jeopardy
- Probation
- Promotions
- Promotions
- Acting in a position and expectations
- Internet and Email Interception
- The right to privacy and the interception of employees' e-mail
- Video & Audio Surveillance
- Disclosure of Information at Interviews
- Disclosure of information
- Verification of your applicant's personal information
- Employee & Employer Rights
- General Employee Rights
- Employee Rights – Basic Conditions of Employment Act
- Employer's Rights
- The Right of Expectation
- Unfair labour practices
- Definition
- Unfair discrimination: equal pay for equal work
- Specific forms of unfair labour practice
- Promotion
- Demotion
- Probation
- Provision of benefits
- Parity principle
- Historical inconsistency
- Contemporaneous inconsistency
- Consistency
- Procedural fairness in misconduct cases
- Investigation of the offense
- Audi alteram partem – hear the other side
- Disciplinary codes
- Sufficient time to prepare
- Be present at the hearing
- Representation
- The presiding officer
- The decision
- Appeal – may the sanction be increased?
- Consequences of procedural unfairness
- Unilateral changes to terms and conditions of employment
- Guideline on holding suspensions and discussion
- Suspension pending disciplinary hearings and Suspension as a penalty during disciplinary hearings
- The requirements for a fair disciplinary hearing
- The test for dismissal – breach of the trust relationship
- Break of the trust relationship as requirement for dismissal
- Interesting decisions –Imprisoned employees, sexual harassment and aggravating factors
- Employment equity and the rights of disabled employees
- Employment Equity – the duty to report
- Unfair discrimination against transsexuals
- Unfair discrimination – pregnancy
- Unjustified exclusion means unfair discrimination
- Grievance Procedure
- Re-locating the business: What about the employees
- Retrenching employees that cannot relocate and severance pay?
- Retrenchment of single employees – The LAC has spoken
- How to avoid retrenchments
- The payment of bonuses
- The 13th cheque or Christmas bonus
- The performance bonus
- The production bonus
- Company dress codes
- Office gossip can land you in the compost heap
- Alcoholism and the workplace
56. Leave: A Comprehensive Guide
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- Annual leave and shutdown periods
- Annual leave entitlement
- Public holidays falling during a period of annual leave
- When may annual leave be taken?
- Section 20 (4) BCEA (Employer forced to grant leave)
- Annual leave during a period of notice
- Who decides when annual leave can be taken?
- Can I exchange may annual leave for cash?
- Payment of annual leave on termination of service
- Sick leave entitlement
- Proof of incapacity
- Medical certificates
- Injury on duty and sick leave
Maternity leave
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- Maternity leave entitlement
- Accrual of leave during maternity leave
Family responsibility leave
- Proof of Incapacity
- The payment of annual leave on termination of service
- Religious Holidays
- Resignation before Disciplinary action
- Resignations
- What is a resignation
- The SMS Resignation
- Work during notice period
- When may notice be given?
- 24 Hour Notices
- What is a calendar notice?
- Too much notice
- Public holidays – useful information
- Public holidays – Two holidays or one?
- Public holidays that falls on Sundays
65. Hours of work and overtime
- Overtime
- What is "overtime worked"?
- Overtime on short notice
- Remuneration for Sunday and public holiday work
- The Earnings Threshold: Discussion Document (Explanatory Notes)
- Employees earning over the threshold amount
- Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) – A comprehensive guide
- The employment contract: Explanatory notes
- Employment status and contracts of employment
- Definition: Contract of employment
- Definition: Letting and hiring of piece work
- Definition: Employee
- Employee or independent contractor
- Dominant impression test
- Code of Good Practice: Who is an employee?
- LRA: presumption as to who is an employee
- The contract of employment
- General requirements
- Formalities
- Duties of the employer
- Duties of the employee
- Breach of the employment contract
- Forms of breach
- Remedies of the employer
- Remedies of the employee
- Termination of the employment contract
- By notice
- By effluxion of time
- By agreement
- By the death of the parties
- By the insolvency of the parties
- By the illness of the employee
- By impossibility of performance
- By cancellation
- Redundancy of a post
- By completing a specific task
- Duration of the contract of employment
- Fixed period
- Maximum duration
- Indefinite
- Termination of fixed term contracts
- Some pointers on fixed term agreements
- The jurisdiction of the CCMA and illegal employment contracts
- Smoking in the workplace– Including the smoke of the "ecigarette".
- Frequently asked questions and answers: The Basic Conditions of Employment Act.
Basic Conditions of Employment – A Practical Explanation (Guide – 100 pages)
Chapter 1: Definitions, Purpose and Application of This Act
Chapter 2: Regulation of Working Time
Chapter 3: Leave
Chapter 4: Particulars of Employment and Remuneration
Chapter 5: Termination of Employment
Chapter 6: Prohibition of Employment of Children and Forced Labour
Chapter 7: Variation of Basic Conditions of Employment
Chapter 8: Sectoral Determinations
Chapter 9: Employment Conditions Commission
Chapter 10: Monitoring, Enforcement and Legal Proceedings
Chapter 11: General
C - MANAGING DISCIPLINE IN THE WORKPLACE
Managing Discipline in the Workplace Guide (Guide - 130 pages)
Chapter 1: The Code of Good Practice – Dismissal
Chapter 2: Defining Dismissal and Fair Procedure Prior to Disciplinary Action
Chapter 3: The Role Players in the Disciplinary Process
- The chairperson
- The complainant
- The interpreter
- Witnesses
- The secretary
- The respondent
- The respondent's representative
- The appointment of the investigator
Chapter 4: Offences and the Disciplinary Code
- Timekeeping offences
- Negligence, loss or damage to, or misuse of the employer's property
- Insubordination or disorderly or unacceptable behaviour
- Sexual harassment
- Disorderly behaviour
- Alcohol and drugs
- Other Offences
- Other Serious Offences
Chapter 5: The Investigation
- Identify and investigate the misconduct
- What must the investigator look for?
- Identifying and proving of the different acts of misconduct
- Bringing the employer's name into disrepute
- Wilful damage to the employer's property
- Disobeying safety rules and regulations
- Fraudulent timekeeping, fraud or forgery
- Falsifying of documents
- Assault or indecent assault
- Abusive language, disorderly behaviour, racism or racist comments
- Insubordination
- Conflict of interest/ dereliction of duty
- Dishonesty
- Sexual harassment
- Refusal to work overtime without a valid reason- despite the fact that reasonable notice was given
- Unauthorised or unlawful possession of drugs and alcohol
- Unauthorised possession of company property or theft
- Use of company vehicle without permission
- Under the influence of, or having consumed, alcoholic liquor or drugs off the premises by presenting himself for work, or on the premises after having arrived at work
- Unauthorised absenteeism from the workplace
- Abuse of sick leave
Chapter 6: The Investigation continues
- Has a rule been broken?
- Was the rule lawful and fair?
- Did the employee know about the rule
- Did the employer have a reasonable expectation of compliance?
- Did the employee understand the rule?
- What about consistency?
Chapter 7: Sources of evidence
- Eye witnesses
- The accused employee
- Accomplices
- Documentary evidence
- Security guards
- Site inspection
- Customers
- Suppliers
- Sub contractors
Chapter 8: Witness Statements
How to take down statements?
- Time and accuracy
- Contamination of completeness
- Be concise
- Objectivity
- Comprehensibility
- Honesty
- Statements made voluntary
- Language
- Sworn statements or statements taken under oath
- The form of the Statement
Chapter 9: Finalising the investigation and charging the employee
- Application of the procedure
- Objectives
- Terminology
- Charging the employee
- When to hold a formal disciplinary hearing
- The informal disciplinary hearing
- Suspension of the employee
Chapter 10: Preparing for the Disciplinary Hearing
- Final Preparation
- Do's and Don'ts for Initiators
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D - MANAGING POOR PERFORMANCE
Managing Poor PerformanceProcedures (Guide - 30 pages)
Chapter 1: Distinguishing misconduct from incapacity
- Introduction
- Lack of training, qualifications and experience
- Alcohol or drug addiction
- Outside or social influences
- Work related stress
- Incompatibility
- Procedural and Substantive fairness in dismissal
- A fair procedure encompasses
Chapter 2: Dismissals for Incapacity – Poor Work Performance
- Dismissal while on Probation
- Dismissals for incapacity - Poor work performance – after probation
- Performance assessment and evaluation form for probation
Chapter 3: Incapacity due to ill health or injury
- Dismissal for Incapacity - ill-health or injury
Chapter 4: Performance assessment and evaluation form for poor performance evaluation program
- Flowchart
- Assessment documentation
E – CCMA: CONDUCTING A CASE AT THE CCMA/ BARGAINING COUNCIL
Conducting a Case at the CCMA/ Bargaining Council (Guide– 130 pages)
Chapter 1 – The Labour Relations Act – Relevant Chapters
- Defining the employment relationship
- Rights and mutual interest disputes – Jurisdiction
- Unfair dismissal and unfair labour practice disputes
- Schedule 8 – Code of good practice on dismissal
- Unfair Dismissals:
- Automatic Unfair Dismissals
- Disputes about unfair dismissals
- Unfair Labour Practices
- Limits on compensation in the case of unfair dismissals and unfair labour practices
- Retrenchments as a form of dismissal
CHAPTER 2 – DISPUTE PROCEDURES AND PATH IN TERMS OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS ACT
- Referral of disputes in terms of LRA 7.11
- Conciliation
- Con–Arb in terms of CHAPTER 191(5A) – rule 17
- Certificate of outcome - Form 7.12
- Requesting arbitration
- Arbitration
- Pre–dismissal arbitration in terms of CHAPTER 188A
CHAPTER 3 – CCMA RULES AND FORMS
- Applications – Rule 31
- Application for condonation – Rule 12
- Serving and filing of documents
- Calculation of time periods – Rule 3
- Subpoenas and witness fees
- Objections to the same Commissioner and applying for a Senior Commissioner – form 7.14 and 7.15
- Joining or substituting parties – Rule 26
- Taxation of costs
- Objections to jurisdiction
- Representation and appearance during proceedings – Rule 17, 25 and 30
- Settlement at conciliation or arbitrations
- Effect of arbitration awards – CHAPTER 143
- Applications to certify award – Rule 40
- Postponements – rule 23
- Application for costs, cost orders and taxation – Rule 39
- Disclosure of documents – Rule 29
- Recording of proceedings and records – Rule
- Private arbitrations
CHAPTER 4 – ARBITRATION – PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION
- Introduction
- Attending the conciliation meeting
- Preparation for arbitration - planning your case, consultations, collecting information and evidence and preparing witnesses for evidence.
- Procedural fairness
- Substantive fairness
CHAPTER 5 - PRESENTING OR DEFENDING YOUR CASE
- The Role players
- Opening and closing statements
- Evidentiary burden
- Absolution of the instance
- Discussion of sources of evidence, different types of evidence and its admissibility during arbitrations.
- Security guards
- Site inspections or inspection in loco
- Customers and suppliers
- Written statements and affidavits
- Probative material
- Prima facie evidence v conclusive proof
- Admissibility and weight of evidence
- Relevance of evidence
- Character Evidence
- Similar Fact Evidence
- Opinion Evidence
- Expert evidence
- Previous consistent statements
- Hearsay Evidence
- Privileged Evidence
- Illegally obtained evidence
- Direct evidence and circumstantial evidence
- The Cautionary rule
- Admissions
- Confessions
- Polygraph Tests
- Presenting and evaluating evidence
- Consultations during evidence
- Evidence in chief, cross examination and re- examination of witnesses
- Postponements and part heard matters
Chapter 6 – Review – POST SIDUMO
Chapter 7 – Rescissions – Rule 32
Chapter 8 – Check list for preparation for arbitration
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F – MANAGING CONFLICT AND UNION RELATIONS IN THE WORKPLACE
Managing conflict and union relations in the workplace (Guide - 48 pages)
MANAGING CONFLICT AND UNION RELATIONS IN THE WORKPLACE (48 Pages)
Chapter 1: Introduction
- Progression of Rights
- The Constitution and freedom of Association
- Employees and Job seekers
Chapter2: Freedom of Association
- The Protection of Freedom of Association
- Disputes
Chapter3 – Defining a Trade Union
- Purpose of a Trade Union
- Role Players in a Trade Union
- Registration, de-registration and the Constitution of Unions.
- Legal Status, Liability and Responsibilities of Unions
- ffect of Registration of a Union
- Registration and de-registration of Unions
Chapter4 – Representativeness
- The Rights of Trade Unions.
- How do you know that your employees are unionised?
- Can I prevent any employee from becoming a member?
- Keeping the Union out of the Company.
- The Rights of the Employees.
- The Rights that the Union is entitled to by Law.
- Defining the "Representative" Trade Union.
- The Principle of Majoritarianism v Plurality
- Section 12 – Access to the Work place
- Deduction of Subscriptions or Levies – Section 13
- The Majority Trade Union
- Disclosure of Information
Chapter 5 – Union Representatives or Shop Stewards
- Time off for Shop Stewards and Office Bearers
- Reasonable paid time off work.
- Meet with the newly elected Shop Steward.
Module 6 - Organisational Rights and Recognition
- Right to establish a threshold
- Collective Bargaining and Collective Agreements
- The process of collective bargaining
- Difference between Negotiation and Consultation
- Destructive collective bargaining behaviour
- What is a collective agreement?
- Legal effect of a Collective Agreement
- Duty to Bargain
- Disputes about Organisational Rights
- Disputes about Collective Agreements
- Typical objectives of Trade Unions.
The first meeting with the union
- Step-by-step preparation for the 1st meeting with the Union.
- The Recognition Agreement.
- What are the Unions Expectations?
- What Information do you give the Union about the Company?
- Access of Union Officials to Company Premises.
- Relationship between Management and the Trade Union.
- Feedback to Employees.
- The Negotiation Process
- The planning process
- The preparation process
- During the negotiations
- Information sharing
- Exploring alternatives and options
- Implementation
- Agreement
- Evaluate and feedback on alternatives and options
Chapter7 - Agency and Closed Shop Agreements
- Agency Shop Agreements
- Closed Shop Agreements
Chapter8 – Strike Action
- Protected and unprotected strike action
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G- EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
Guide to Unfair Discrimination & Affirmative Action (Guide – 71 pages)
Chapter 1
- Introduction to the employment Equity Act
- Application of the employment Equity Act
- Definitions
Chapter 2
- Prohibition of unfair discrimination
- Fair discrimination – two grounds
- Unpacking fair discrimination
- Medical testing
- Psychometric testing
- People with disabilities
- Disputes about unfair discrimination
Chapter 3
- Affirmative action measures
- Consultation
- Matters for consultation
- Collecting information and the analysis
- Employment equity plan
- Report
- Suitably qualified
- General conditions
- Income differentials
- Employment equity commission
- Disputes about chapter 3
- Protection of employee rights
- State contracts
- Temporary employment services
- Liability of employers
- Maximum permissible fines
Chapter 4
- Code of good practice on key aspects of Hiv/aids and employment
- Codes of good practice on the integration of employment equity into human resources policies and practices
- Developing a workforce profile and setting numerical targets for equitable representation
- Consultation
Chapter 5
- Setting up of forums
- Functions in terms of the act and otherwise
- Powers and obligations
- Challenges
H- RETRENCEMENTS
Retrenchment Guide (Guide - 60 pages)
Retrenchment in terms of section 189 of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995
1. Introduction
2. The Code of Good Practice on Dismissals based on Operational requirements
3. ETSOS – The substantive requirement
- The real reasons for retrenchment
- The synergy between substantive and procedural fairness
- Changes to terms and conditions of employment and retrenchment
- Economic downfall as a requirement
4. Procedural Requirements
- The consulting parties
- The section 189(3) invitation notice
- The consultation process – meaningful joint consensus seeking process in an attempt to reach consensus
- Relationship between outsourcing and retrenchment
- Deadlock in consultations
- Appropriate measures to avoid dismissals.
- Appropriate measures to minimise the number of dismissals to change the timing of the dismissals and to mitigate the adverse effects of the dismissals
- Voluntary packages
- Suitable alternative employment
- The method for selecting the employees to be dismissed.
- The severance package
5. Disclosure of information
6. Time frame for consultations
7. Remedies and jurisdiction of the labour court and the CCMA.
8. Re-employment after dismissal
9. Single employee dismissals for operational requirements
Retrenchment in terms of section 189a of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995
1. When does the section apply?
2. Procedure in terms of section 189A - The role of the Commission
4. If a facilitator has been appointed (section 189A (7))
5. If a facilitator is not appointed (section 189A (8))
6. Strikes for the purpose of section 189A
7. Unfair procedure disputes in terms of section 189A (13) v disputes about substantive fairness
8. General terms
9. Pitfalls
I - TRANSFER OF A BUSINESS AS A GOING CONCERN SECTION 197
Chapter 1– Introduction
Chapter 2 – When is it a transfer?
Chapter 3 – What is transferred?
Chapter 4 – The section 197(6) agreement
Chapter 5 – What can the negotiating parties agree on, in terms of section 197(6)?
Chapter 6 – If there is no section 197(6) agreement?
Chapter 7 – Obligations of the old and new employer
Chapter 8 – Liability
Chapter 9 – Automatic unfair dismissal and transfer of business.
J – AARTO AND THE IMPACT ON YOUR BUSINESS
(The Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences)
Chapter 1 – WHAT IS AARTO?
chapter 2 - HOW DOES IT WORK?
The infringement notice
- The golden 32 days
- How to nominate the driver
- How to pay the discounted fine
- How to "appeal" against an infringement order
- How to elect to be tried in court
The courtesey letter
The enforcement order
Warrant of execution
FEES
Chapter 3 – Demerit points
- How many demerit points before licence is suspended
Operators
Demerit points – exclusions
- What happens if licence is suspended
- What happens if licence is cancelled
- How to get licence back
TRAFIC CHARGES (FINES and demerit points)
Chapter 4 – AARTO AND YOUR BUSINESS
- AARTO AND YOUR EMPLOYEES
- RECORD KEEPING
- VERIFICATION OF DEMERIT POINTS FOR YOUR DRIVERS
- OU POLICIES (SAMPLE POLICY)
- How to implement new policies
- Disciplinary measures against the employee
- How to deal with incapacity (licences suspended)
K– ARTICLES AND OVERVIEWS
Articles and overviews (230 pages)
- New proposed Amendments to Labour Legislation - Temporary Employees
- The Importance of your disciplinary Code, policies and procedures
- False job credentials a frequent reality
- When does a job applicant become an employee?
- Withdrawal of job offers
- Misuse of probation may prove costly
- Employee benefits sacrosanct (untouchable)
- Ulterior motives for retrenchments not on
- Be careful when assessing who to retrench
10. What is poor work performance?
11. Dealing with employee grievances
12. What factors constitute constructive dismissal?
13. Dealing with insubordination
14. Proof of illness a vexed issue
15. Informal employment does not protect employers
16. Employers must jack up retirement policies
17. Beware victimising workplace grievants
18. Abscondment and some other sins
19. Are you responsible for your employee late-coming?
20. What to do when your employee goes Awol
21. Treat workplace disruptions with care
22. Unfair Labour practices costly for employers
23. What is unfair?
24. Employers have close shave with religious discrimination
25. A hundred thousand reasons to accept sex changes
26. Automatic termination clauses might not be legal
27. Does the employee have the right to promotion
28. Promotion – don't promise what you cannot deliver
29. Unfair demotion will be punished by CCMA
30. Suspensions friend or foe?
31. Suspensions from duty can turn into a minefield
32. Allegations of unfair discrimination against pregnant employees persist
33. Sexual Harassment versus Gender Discrimination
34. Take sexual harassment allegations seriously
35. Criminal law and labour law are not the same
36. Writs of execution
37. Knowledge today keeps the CCMA away
38. Employers beware, acting on impulse can be costly
39. Use case law to update your workplace rules & employment conditions
40. Workplace fraud can cost millions
41. The dangers of default awards: if you snooze you loose
42. What is a Labour Law Remedy?
43. Be aware of Codes of Good Practice
44. Preparation for disciplinary hearing essential
45. Written records essential in disciplinary cases
46. External experts can chair disciplinary hearings
47. When should external counsel be permitted?
48. When you could be courting disaster.
49. Tackling grey areas of fair and unfair discipline
50. Employers victimised by confusing legal terms
51. Bring proof before you dismiss
52. Look after your pregnant employees
53. Training in labour law is a must
54. Labour law terms every employer should know
55. Ignorance of the law is no excuse
56. Misconduct outside work tricky to deal with
57. Your company should know the law by now...
58. You can't expect justice if you are not there
59. When the affair is over, make the reasons clear
60. Vital for employers to keep track of the law
61. Trade union representatives/shop stewards
62. Tougher action can be taken after a warning
63. The delicate problem of disruptive workers
64. The dangers lurking in employment agreements
65. Taking bribes a crime against the employer
66. Staying well within the letter of the law
67. Do your year end office parties 'get out of hand'
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L– MANAGING OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES & DISEASES
- Compensation for Occupational Injuries & Diseases Act
- Comprehensive Guide – COID (Guide - 108 pages)
Chapter 1: Introduction
- Compensation and legislation
- The COIDA
- The compensation fund
- The Compensation Commissioner
- Compensation board
- Aim of the COIDA
Chapter 2: Accidents and occupational disease - right to compensation
- Definition of an accident
- What is an accident?
- On duty
- Travelling to and from work
- Non-scheduled diseases
- Definition of an occupational disease
- Scheduled diseases
- Occupational diseases
Chapter 3: Right to compensation employer obligations
- Who is entitled to receive compensation?
- Employee means
- Employees exclude
- Threats and compulsion
- Dependant of an employee means
Chapter 4: Information applicable to compensation
- Rules for employees involved in accidents outside SA
- Employee temporarily outside - not longer than 12 months
- Employees outside for longer than 12 months
- Application of the Act to seamen and airmen
- Employee requiring constant help
- Special circumstances in which Director-General may refuse award
- Special circumstances in which Director-General may make award
- Accidents during training for or performance of emergency services
Chapter5: Employers: contributions and registration
- Who contributes to the Fund?
- Employer means
- The following employers are exempted
- Liability for payment of compensation
- Recovery of damages
- Example of the W As 2 form
- Registration of employers
- Mutual Associations
Chapter 6: Assessment fees; return of earnings and rebates
- Assessment Fees
- Calculation of Assessment Fees
- The formula that is used is the following
- Assessment tariffs
- Payments
- Method of payment
- Merit Rebates
- When are employers required to submit their return of earnings?
- Failure to Pay
Chapter 7: Contractors; recovery of damages and compensation paid from third parties
- Contractors
- Letter of good standing
- Recovery of damages and compensation paid from third parties
Chapter 8: Notices; reporting and recording of accidents
- Notice of accidents
- Type of accidents or diseases that must be reported
- Notice of accident by an employee to the employer
- Notice of accident by employer to the commissioner
- Notice of an occupational disease and claim
- Reporting and recording of occupational injuries and diseases under the OHSA
- Procedure for reporting of section 24 incidents
- Employers are obligated to report certain incidents to the Department of Labour
- Record keeping
- Procedure for reporting of Occupational Diseases
- Reporting of Occupational Diseases
Chapter 9: Calculating earnings checklist for compensation problems
- Manner of calculating earnings of an employee
- Earnings exclude
- Earnings include
Chapter 10: Types of compensation that could be claimed
- Type of compensation that may be claimed
- Disablement
- Permanent disability
- Death benefits
- Temporary disability
- Medical expenses and conveyance of injured employee
- Increased compensation
Chapter 11: Repudiation of claims
- When will the fund not make a payment?
- Laps of right to benefit
- Booked of for less than three days
- False statements
- Refusal to submit to medical examination or treatment
- Serious and wilful misconduct
Chapter 12: Legal prescriptions relating to compensation
- Legal rules relating to compensation
- Compensation may not form part of an estate
- Inquiry by the Commissioner into an accident
- Fines and penalties
- Objection against decision of Commissioner
- Penalties
- Notice of formal hearing
- Percentage fine - Failure to pay assessment or other moneys
Chapter 13: Claiming procedure
- Injuries on duty (IOD)
- Claiming procedure for an injury on duty (IOD)
- Payments for Injuries on Duty (IOD)
- Occupational diseases
- Submission of forms
- When to submit a claim for an Occupational Disease
- Claiming procedure for an Occupational Disease
- The types of compensation paid to employees for diseases
Chapter 14: Claims, medical expenses and directions to medical the practitioner/chiropractor/hospital
- Medical expenses
- Claims with the compensation fund
- Tariff of Fees in respect of Medical Aid
- The Employee and the Doctor
- Directions to medical practitioner/chiropractor/hospital
Chapter 15: Applicable reports and notices
Chapter 16: Checklists for compensation problems information applicable to compensation
- Checklist for injuries on duty (IOD)
- Checklist for Occupational Diseases
Chapter 17: Reporting, recording and investigation of incidents
- Correct reporting procedures
- Who should conduct the investigations
- Practical application
- Prescribed time frame for formal investigation
- Reporting of Occupational Injuries and Diseases
- Annexure 1 (GAR 9) OHSA
- Reasons for the investigation of incidents
Chapter 18: Poor performance procedures in cases of injuries on duty
- Incapacity: ill health or injury
- Dismissal for incapacity - ill health or injury
- Guidelines in cases of dismissal arising from ill health or injury
Chapter 19: New amendments to the COIDA
- Prescribed Schedules (Schedule 2, 3 and 4)
- Documentation - Occupational Diseases
- Documentation - Injuries on Duty
- Industry Classifications
- Was 178T Standard Rates for Earnings 2010
- Documentation - Request for Reopening a Claim
- Return of Earnings - Guidelines and Forms
- W.As.2 - Registration of Employers
- Guidelines - Vehicle accidents
- Circular Instructions
- Basic Guides DoL
- Documentation - Death of an Employee
- Documentation - Medical Accounts
- Instruction Regarding Aggravated Asthma
- Regulation HIV Instruction
- Documentation – NIHL
- WRULDS
- Dermatological Report
- Documentation – PTSA
- Other Forms
- Details - Compensation Commissioner
- FEM Claim Forms and Documentation
- RMA Claim Forms and Documentation
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M- MANAGING HEALTH & SAFETY
Occupational Health and Safety Act
Updated OHS Act Regulations (21 Sets of regulations as well as new draft policies)
Explaining Health & Safety (Compliance Checklist) (Guide - 54 pages)
Chapter 1: Introduction and aim
- The Aim and Scope of the OHS Act
- The Department of Labour
- Inspections
- Powers of inspectors
- Prohibition notices
- Contravention notices
- Improvement notices
- Other powers
- Important principles
- Checklist 1: Self evaluating checklist on important principles
Chapter 2: Sections of the act
Section 1:
- Significant term and Definitions
- Safety risk assessment
- Checklist 2: Self evaluating checklist on significant terms and definitions
Section 7: Health and safety policy
- Checklist 3: Self evaluating checklist on health and safety policy
Section 8: General duties of employers to their employees
- Checklist 4: Self evaluating checklist general duties of employers to their employees
Section 9: General duties of employers and self employed persons
- Checklist 5: Self evaluating checklist general duties of employers and self employed persons
Section 10: General duties of manufacturers
- Checklist 6: Self evaluating checklist on general duties of manufacturers
Section 13: Duty to inform
- Checklist 7: Self evaluating checklist on duty to inform
Section 14: General duties of employees
- Checklist 8: Self evaluating checklist on general duties of employees
Section 15: Duty not to interfere
- Checklist 9: Self evaluating checklist on duty not to interfere
Section 16: Chief executive officer
- Checklist 10: Self evaluating checklist on Chief executive officer
Section 17: Health and safety representatives
- Checklist 11: Self evaluating checklist on health and safety representatives
Section 18: Functions of health and safety representatives
- Checklist 12: Self evaluating checklist on Functions of health and safety
Section 19: Health and safety committee
- Checklist 13: Self evaluating checklist on Health and safety committee
Section 20: Functions of health and safety committees
- Checklist 14: Self evaluating checklist on functions of health and safety committees
Section 22: Sale of certain articles prohibited
- Checklist 15: Self evaluating checklist on sale of certain articles prohibited
Section 23: Certain deductions prohibited
- Checklist 16: Self evaluating checklist on certain deductions prohibited
Section 24: Reporting to Inspector regarding certain incidents
- Procedure for reporting
- Prescribed documentation
- Checklist 17: Self evaluating checklist on reporting to Inspector regarding certain incidents
Section 25: Report to Chief Inspector regarding occupational diseases
- List of reportable diseases
- List of stress sectors
- Checklist 18: Self evaluating checklist on report to Chief Inspector regarding occupational diseases
Section 37: Acts or omissions
Section 38: Offences and penalties
Section 39: Proof of certain facts
Summary of Updated OHSA Regulations (10 Pages)
General Elements of a Health & Safety Management System (Guide - 6 pages)
Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment (Guide 1 – 6 pages/ Guide 2 – 47 pages)
Guide 1 - 5 Step Risk Assessment Guide (For Basic Risk Assessments)
- What is a hazard?
- Using ''the five step risk assessment method''
- Step 1: Identify the hazards
- Step 2: Decide who might be harmed and how
- Step 3: Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions
- Step 4: Record your findings and implement them
- Step 5: Review your assessment and update if necessary
- Risk Ranking Matrix
Guide 2 - HIRA Guide
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Legal requirements in South Africa
- Legal requirement stipulated by the OHS Act
- Legal requirement stipulated by the MHS Act
Chapter 3: SIMRAC practical guide to risk assessment
Chapter 4: Important definitions of the OHS Act and MHS Act
Chapter 5: Other relevant terminology
Chapter 6: The difference between risk identification and risk assessment
Chapter 7: Reasons for risk assessments
Chapter 8: What is meant by the term ''risk assessment''
Chapter 9: What is a hazard?
Chapter 10: Sources of Hazards
- Hazards may arise from
- Examples of work related hazards and risks
Chapter 11: Criteria for risk assessment
- Terms ''suitable and sufficient''
- Suitable and sufficient risk assessment
Chapter 12: Risk management and HIRA
Chapter 13: Different types of risk assessments
- Baseline risk assessments (Baseline HIRA)
- Issues based risk assessment (Issue based HIRA)
- Continuous risk assessment (Continues HIRA)
Chapter 14: HIRA process and management
- Flow chart - risk assessment and management
Chapter 15: Planning for risk assessment
- The following aspects or guidelines should be followed during the planning phase
Chapter 16: Aspects or guidelines that should be followed during the planning phase of the risk assessment
Chapter 17: Identifying and appoint of competent assessors
- Who should perform risk assessments?
- Safety professionals
- Team approach
Chapter 18: HIRA methodology
- Step 1: Initiating the HIRA and selecting the approach
- Step 2: Identify the hazards
- Step 3: Identify all parties affected by the hazard and determine how they can be affected
- Step 4: Evaluate or assess the risk
Chapter 19: Identify and evaluate existing risk controls
Chapter 20: Identify appropriate control measures
Chapter 21: Record keeping
Chapter 22: Review and update
Chapter 23: Conclusion
- Incident/ Accident Investigation Guide (Guide - 22 pages)
Chapter 1
a) Type of workplace incidents
b) Who should conduct the investigations?
c) Prescribed time frame for formal investigation
d) Reporting of Occupational Injuries and Diseases
e) Correct reporting procedures
f) Proper recording of incidents
g) The six key questions
- Who?
- What?
- When?
- Where?
- Why?
- How?
Chapter 2: Incident Investigation Process
Step1: Investigate the incident
- Initial response
- Collecting the facts
- Physical evidence
- Eyewitness Accounts
- Conducting the interview
- Developing the narrative (sequence of events)
Step 2: Indentify the causes of the incident
- Factors that may contribute to incidents
- Determining Causes
Step 3: Report the findings
Step 4: Take corrective action
- Identify corrective actions
- Corrective actions
- Information obtained
Step 5: Implementation
- Implementation of the recommendations
Step 6: Evaluate effectiveness
- Follow up of corrective measures
Safety Awareness Training Guide (Guide - 41 pages)
Chapter 1: Introduction
- Health and safety at work
- The importance of complying with legislation
- Purpose of the OHS Act
- Reasons for applying health and safety at work
Chapter 2: Overview of the Occupational Health and Safety Act
- The aim and title of the OHS Act
- Sections of the Act
- Regulations of the OHS Act
- Important definitions of the OHS Act
Chapter 3: Legal duties of the different role players involved in health and safety
- Persons involved in health and safety
- Requirements applicable to the employer
- Requirements applicable to workers
- Requirements applicable to other contractors
- Unlawful actions or failing to follow prescriptions on the side of the worker
Chapter 4: Health and Safety Representatives and Committees
- Health and Safety Representatives
- Health and Safety Committees
Chapter 5: Health and Safety Legislation
- Health and safety policy
- Copy of the Act
- Reporting of incidents
- Reporting of Occupational Diseases
- Investigation of Incidents
- Certain deductions forbidden
- Duty not to interfere with, damage or misuse things
- Offences and Penalties
Chapter 6: General Safety Issues
- Teamwork
- Safety rules and procedures
- Housekeeping
- Intoxication
- Workplace hazards
- Ventilation
- Provision of adequate light
- Noise
- Hazardous Chemical Substances
- Workplace inspections and the reporting of deviations
Chapter 7: Personal Protective Equipment and Symbolic Safety Signs
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Symbolic safety signs
Chapter 8: Emergency Procedures
- Necessity of emergency preparedness
- Evacuation plans
- Evacuation procedures for building occupants
- What to do in the case of fire
- On hearing the alarm
- Disabled persons and evacuation
- First aid procedures
- Site specific emergency plan
Evacuation Guide for Workplaces (Guide - 30 pages)
Chapter 1: Introduction
- Legal obligation of management
- Planning and preparing for emergency situations and disaster management
- Causes of Emergency Situations
- Necessity of emergency preparedness
Chapter 2: Significant Term and Definitions and Types of Emergencies
- Significant terms and definitions
- Types of emergencies
Chapter 3: Managing an Emergency and Emergency Action Principles
- Emergency action principles (EAP)
- Managing an emergency
Chapter4: Emergency Preparedness Plan
- Emergency Preparedness Plan
- Generic Emergency Evacuation Plan
Chapter 5: Response
- Evacuation procedures for building occupants
- What to do in the case of fire
- What to do if you discover a fire
- On hearing the alarm
- Disabled occupants and evacuation
Chapter 6: Duties of Interested and Effected Parties
- Establishing lines of command and control
- Emergency Controller
- Chief Evacuation Officer
- Evacuation Officer
- Chief First Aid Officer
- First Aiders
- Chief Fire Fighting Officer
Chapter 7: Important Do's and Don'ts during evacuations
- Explaining the important do's and don'ts relating to fire during evacuations
- Explaining the important do's and don'ts of relating to bombs during evacuations
Legal Appointment (29 Appointment Letters)
H&S Policy
PPE Policy
Sec 37(2) Contractors Agreement
H&S Rep Checklist
General OHS Checklists (17 Checklists)
Safety Plan Construction
- Purpose
- Project Description
- Project Duration
- References and Guidelines
- Health & Safety Policy
- Mission Statement
- Project Objectives
- Objective
- Targets
- Restrictions
- Responsibilities
- Site Manager
- Communications
- Progress Meetings
- Toolbox Talks
- Publicity
- Site Rules
- Site Access
- Training
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Housekeeping
- First Aid
- Fire Prevention
- Monitoring Safety
- Incident and Accident Reporting
- Incident Investigation and Reporting
- Registers
- Health and Safety File
Job Observations (Explanation & tool)
Toolbox Talks (Explanation & tool)
Popular Health & Safety Topics (32 Topics)
Basic Guides DoL (7 Guides)
Certificate of Disposal
Symbolic Signs
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N - DRAFT POLICIES
Draft Policies, procedures and contracts of employment
- Absenteeism or Attendance Policy
- Consumption of alcohol or substances having a narcotic producing effect
- Disciplinary Code
- Dress Codes
- Electronic Communications and Information Security Policy
- Fixed term contract of employment
- Grievance Procedure
- HIV & AIDS Policy
- Insubordination Policy
- Maternity & Family Responsibility Leave Policy
- Overtime and the Earnings Threshold
- Permanent Contract of Employment
- Poor Work Performance Procedure
- Recruitment Policy
- Sexual Harassment Policy
- Sick leave Policy
- Smoking Policy
- TB in the Workplace
- Unfair Labour Practice Policy
Examples
- Verbal Warning
- Written warning
- Final written warning
- Notice to attend a disciplinary hearing
- Letter of suspension as alternative to dismissal
- Letter of suspension pending investigation
- Suspension Letter
- Performance assessment and evaluation form
- Assessment for incompatibility
- Easy Employment Equity Plan
- Section 189(3) Invitation Letter - Retrenchment
- Retrenchment Final Letter
- Charges in a formal disciplinary hearing
- Specific types and examples of misconduct
- Definitions
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O – LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS
- Basic Conditions of Employment Act (Act 75 of 1997)
- Compensation for Occupational Injuries & Diseases Act (Act 130 of 1993)
- Employment Equity Act (Act 55 of 1998)
- Labour Relations Act (Act 66 of 1995)
- National Credit Act (Act 34 of 2005)
- Occupational Health & Safety Act (Act 85 of 1993)
- Skills Development Act (97 of 1998 Act)
- Skills Development Levies Act (Act of 1999)
- Unemployment Insurance fund Act (2001)
- Unemployment Insurance Contributions Act (Act 4 of 2002)
- Tobacco Products Control Act (Act 83 of 1993
- Tobacco Products Control Amendment Act (Act 63 of 2008
- Employment Equity General Regulation 32393 of 14 July 2009
- Protected Disclosures Act (Act 26 of 2006)
- Summary of Protected Disclosures Act (Act 26 of 2006)
P - Recently Proposed Amendments Bills
- Labour Relations Amendment Bill, 2010
- Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Bill, 2010
- Employment Equity Amendment Bill, 2010
- Employment Services Bill, 2010
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Q - CODES OF GOOD PRACTICE
- Code - Key aspects on HIV/AIDS & employment
- Code - Integration of Employment Equity into Human Resources Policies & Practices
- Code - Arrangement of Working Time
- Code - Employment Equity Plans
- Code - Key aspects on the employment of People with Disabilities
- Code - Guidelines on Disabilities
- Code - Integration of Employment Equity into HR Policies
- Amendment code of good practice on the handling of sexual harassment in the workplace.
- Code - Who is an Employee
- Code - Preparation, Implementation and Monitoring of Employment Equity Plans
- Code - Dismissals based on operational requirements
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R - CCMA REFERRAL FORMS
- Condonation Application Form
- Rescission Application Form
- LRA 3.12: Referring public service jurisdictional disputes for conciliation
- LRA 3.13: Referring public service jurisdictional disputes for arbitration
- LRA 3.23: Application about demarcation dispute
- LRA 4.1: Request to establish picketing rules
- LRA 4.2: Referring disputes for determination as an essential service
- LRA 4.3: Employer applies for maintenance service determination
- LRA 4.6: Subpoena by essential services committee
- LRA 4.7: Bargaining council request for essential service investigation
- LRA 4.8: Request for ratification of collective agreement providing for maintenance of minimum services
- LRA 5.1: Representative trade union applies to establish a workplace forum
- LRA 5.2: Representative trade unions applies to establish a trade - union based workplace forum
- LRA 7.1: Council applies for accreditation
- LRA 7.2: Private Agency applies for accreditation
- LRA 7.5: Council of private agency applies to amend accreditation
- LRA 7.6: Council applies to renew accreditation
- LRA 7.7: Private agency applies to renew accreditation
- LRA 7.9: Private Agency applies for subsidy
- LRA 7.8: Council applies for subsidy
- LRA 7.10: Council or private agency applies for renewal of subsidy
- LRA 7.11: Referring a dispute to the CCMA for conciliation (including con-arb)
- LRA 7.12: Certificate of outcome of dispute referred to conciliation
- LRA 7.13: Request for arbitration
- LRA 7.14: Notice of objection to arbitration by same commissioner
- LRA 7.15: Application to appoint senior commissioner to arbitrate
- LRA 7.18: Application to certify CCMA award and writ of execution
- LRA 7.17: Request for taxation
- LRA 7.18A: Application to certify council award and writ of execution
- LRA 7.19: Request for pre-dismissal arbitration
- LRA 7.20: Request for section 189A operational requirements
- LRA 7.21: Request for advisory award on whether a person is an employee
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S - CCMA INFORMATIONAL SHEETS
- Compensation Commissioner
- Essential Service Designations
- Employee v Independent Contractor
- Ministerial Determination
- Pensions Fund Adjudicator
- Pre-dismissal Arbitration
- Promotion to Access to Information Act
- Termination of Employment
- Unfair Dismissals and Unfair Labour Practices
- Written Particulars of Employment
T - SECTORAL DETERMINATIONS
- Sectoral Determination 1: Contract Cleaning Sector
- Sectoral Determination 6: Private Security Sector
- Sectoral Determination 7: Domestic Workers
- Sectoral Determination: 9: Wholesale and retail sector
- Sectoral Determination 8: Farm Workers
- Sectoral Determination 14: Hospitality Sector
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