The fast track to achieving your personal and organisational management goals.

HR Managers frequently have to manage complex discipline and performance issues in the workplace. Even in well handle cases, affected employees often exercise their rights to take matters to either the CCMA or Labour court. Handling these cases can be extremely time consuming and costly in terms of Legal fees but poor preparation could lead to the costly awards against your company.

This essential two-day training course focuses on procedures to follow to prevent landing in front of the CCMA, as well as a guide to your preparation and options if you are called on to defend a case at either the CCMA or Labour Court.

Attend this insightful 2 day course and benefit by learning how to:

• Adopt a proactive approach to avoiding litigation altogether by ensuring that “Best Practice” in all your discipline and performance procedures is always followed
• Ensure that your Management team follows procedure in these cases by preparing a comprehensive, user-friendly policy and training manual detailing conduct and procedures
• Avoid being forced to reinstate disruptive, dishonest or poor performing employees by ensuring that all staff are subject to the same, equitable discipline and performance procedures
• Judge when and where to involve legal experts in the case, how to plan attorney meetings to minimise billing hours and what kind of detail and documentation are needed
• Effectively prepare for a CCMA hearing by following a set of guidelines for responding to Notice,  preparing arguments, outlining procedures and formulating a defence strategy
• Decrease the chances of losing the CCMA case by learning how to professionally conduct your defence, lead witnesses and present evidence during the hearing
• Evaluate the final CCMA ruling and award and understand your options of rescission, review and appeal if you feel the judgement was not justly awarded
• Consider the implications of choosing to escalate a case to the Labour Court, including additional legal costs you are likely to face and what your chances of success are
• Identify how your preparation, approach and defence of the case should differ for a Labour Court appearance, and how your reaction to the finding and award is needs to vary

Attending this course will provide you with the opportunity to analyse pertinent CCMA and Labour court rulings, see first-hand where companies have gone wrong, and utilise this newfound knowledge to protect your company from being forced into paying unnecessary awards.