We act as your external In-house legal function to ensure full compliance with all your employment related matters, inclduing compliance the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and the Labour Relations Act.

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We offer a full labour/employment law service offering including:

• Hiring of employees, providing your business with the necessary Offers of employment, Employment agreements, Confidentially, non-compete and restraint of trade agreements and any other documentation required.

• Drafting company policies and a strong disciplinary code of conduct to ensure your business is adequately protected and your employees understand what works within your structure.

• Advising on how to handle every employee issue that arises in the workplace, managing your workforce including conflict-resolution, drafting of warnings, guidance on disciplinary hearings, performance management, retrenchments and mutual separation agreements.

• CCMA matters

 

A huge value value-add, which a law practice often overlooks, is understanding your approach and culture and ensuring that your labour law function is handled sensitively with this always in mind always endeavouring that it is an approach that fits your culture that you’ve worked so hard to build.

In addition, our fixed-fee structure, retainer option, or hourly rate structure make us an ideal In-house labour law function for your business.

 

We offer a full-range of employment related agreements, some of the most common including but not limited to:

• Employment agreements (permanent and fixed term)

• Confidentiality, Non-compete and Restraint of trade agreements

• Nuanced Payroll confidentiality agreements for payroll staff (providing additional protections based on the sensitivity of information handled)

• Poor work performance guidelines

• Performance management templates

• Mutual separation agreements

• Letters of termination

• Warning notices

• Hearing notifications

• Exit forms

• Termination letters following disciplinary action

• Suspension letters

• Notices of retrenchment

• Reference letters re: employment

• Disciplinary code and procedure for employees

• Disciplinary code and procedure for managers

 

    All policies that your business requires. A few examples include:

• Smoking policy

• Bursary policy

• Criminal checks policy

• Grievance procedure policy

• Health and safety policy

• Maternity leave policy

• Non-discrimination policy statement

• Overtime policy

• Password protection policy

• Paternity leave policy

• Sales Commission policy

• Smoking policy

• Social media standard operating procedures