Employment
Areas of expertise
Dispute resolution
Business re-structuring
Training
We regularly present seminars and conduct training workshops for various clients on a range of employment law issues, including how to run a disciplinary hearing, how to prepare for and run an arbitration, new developments in the law and other employment related topics, and are the preferred supplier for Paton Training (a member of the Paton Group) in presenting training to its clients.
Drafting
We draft a wide range of agreements, reports, policies and procedures including:
- Contracts of employment for executives, permanent employees and employees employed for a fixed term or specific task
- Collective agreements at all bargaining levels
- Severance and settlement agreements
- Restraints of trade and confidentiality agreements
- Agreements contemplated by section 197 of the Labour Relations Act, valuation and apportionment agreements in relation to transfers of businesses, undertakings or services
- Training and learnership agreements
- Independent contractor agreements
- Disciplinary and grievance regulations and procedures
- Lockout notices and ultimata
- Retrenchment and picketing agreements
- Termination notices and agreements.
Other services
- Recruitment and selection
- Managing discipline, incapacity and grievances
- Restructuring and retrenchments
- Strike action/collective bargaining
- Occupational health and safety
- Employment outside South Africa
- Managing discrimination and diversity
- HR policy, staff handbook and contract reviews
- Employee benefits
- Dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace
- Conducting due diligence exercises
- Compliance with all labour legislation including the Labour Relations Act, the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, the Employment Equity Act and the Skills Development Act, and Health and Safety legislation.
