Basic Labour Relations
Full Day Workshop
Labour Guide is an accredited training Provider with SABPP
09 September 2022 (09:00 - 16:00) Cape Town: Protea Hotel Tyger Valley
15 September 2022 (09:00 - 16:00) Interactive Online Course
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Course Content
Module 1: General
- Insubordination
- Job descriptions & extra duties
- Absenteeism & medical certificates
- Smoking in the workplace
Module 2: The Code of Good Practice on Dismissal
- Schedule 8: The Code of Good Practice on dismissals
- Fair reasons for dismissal
- Standard of conduct
- Progressive discipline
- Dismissals for misconduct
- Fair procedure
- Disciplinary records
- Dismissals and industrial action
- Probation
- Incapacity: poor work performance procedures
- Incapacity: ill health or injury procedures
Module 3: Misconduct and the disciplinary code
- The purpose of a disciplinary code
- Offences and the disciplinary code
- Application of the code
- Abuse of a disciplinary code
- Disciplinary sanctions – warnings
- Verbal warnings
- Written warning
- Example of written warning
- Final written warning
- Accumulative final written warning
- Disciplinary procedures
- Distinguishing misconduct from poor work performance
- Unfair Labour practices
- Automatically unfair dismissals
Module 4: The disciplinary hearing explained
Module 5: The contract of employment
- The importance of the employment contract
- The contract of permanent employment
- The fixed term contract of employment in terms of section 198B of the amendment act
- Expectation of indefinite employment in terms of the amended act
- The project contract of employment
- The contract of probationary employment
Module 6: The use of fixed term contracts in terms of section 198B of the Labour Relations Act
Module 7: Trade unions and shop stewards’ overview
Module 8: CCMA overview
- What is the CCMA?
- Dispute Referral
- Conciliation / arbitration
- Representation at conciliation and arbitration (incorporating the amended CCMA rules)
- Failure to appear or be properly represented at conciliation
- The certificate of outcome
- Con / Arb
- Preparing for conciliation
- Arbitration
- Pre-dismissal arbitration
Module 9: Basic conditions of employment
- Earnings threshold
- The regulation of working time
- Hours of work and overtime
- Section 9: ordinary hours of work
- Section 10: overtime
- Section 14: meal Intervals
- Section 16 & section 18
- Remuneration for Sunday and public holiday work
- Section 20: annual leave
- Annual leave and termination of employment
- The accumulation of annual leave
- Section 22: sick leave
- Section 25: maternity leave
- Parental leave effective from 01 January 2020
- Section: 27 family responsibility leave
- Religious holidays
- Study leave for examination or study purposes
Module 10: CCMA information sheets
- Constructive dismissal
- Desertion
- Disciplinary procedures
- Drunkenness on duty
- Employee v independent contractor
- Harassment
- Ill health or injury
- Misconduct
- Poor work performance
- Polygraph testing
- Retrenchment
- Sectoral determinations
- Unfair dismissals and unfair labour practices
- Unilateral changes
Purpose of the course:
- To give an overview of labour relations and labour law.
Upon completion of the course delegates will be able to:
- Better understand the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and the Labour Relations Act, including relevant regulations and codes of good practice.
The course will be useful for:
- Employees dealing with discipline and the day-to-day management of personnel,
- Hr officers
- Supervisors
- Shop stewards
Important:
Please note that this is a general course and is therefore be presented in a manner to make it understandable for all delegates. This is not an advanced course in Labour Relations.
Registration Fee
- Price per delegate for the interactive online presentation - R 2440-00
- Price per delegate for the presentation at Protea Hotel Tyger Valley in Cape Town - R 3390-00 (Incl. lunch and refreshments)
- Includes course material and certificates.
Course material will only be made available to paid participants.
Seats are limited. Early booking is essential.
For further information contact:
- Hanlie or Peraldo (012) 661 3208 / (012) 661 1411
- Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Online registration - Click here
Email registration - download booking form for 15 September 2022 Interactive Online Course