Industrial Relations and
Legal Services
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EIFSA’s IR and Legal Services (IR&LS) Division’s highly-skilled and experienced staff
members are acknowledged industry experts. They have specialized knowledge of
collective bargaining, Bargaining Council agreements, dispute resolution, labour
and commercial law.
The Legal Services offered by the Division include the following, among others:
• Strategic labour law planning
• Drafting and advice on employment policies, procedures and agreements
• Facilitating resolution of individual and collective conflict and labour disputes
• Advice and representation in enquiries, labour court and bargaining council
• Advice and assistance with statutory and bargaining council compliance
issues
• Advice and drafting of workplace productivity improvement policies and
bonus schemes
• How to effectively prepare for an arbitration
• Dispute Resolution and Legal Representation in the various fora (Bargaining
Council, Labour Court)
• Bargaining council agreements
exemption applications
• Company-level disciplinary enquiries and
appeal hearings
Corporate and Commercial Law Training and Advisory Services
Including, but not limited to:
• Advice and drafting of various commercial contracts; • Advice and guidance on corporate governance principles; • Conciliation and arbitration proceedings
• Advice on guidance on business law principles; and • Employee job grading
• Business rescue proceedings. • Retrenchments and short-time
The IR&LS Division now offers retainer packages on all the above services. It provides advice on:
Workshops offered by SEIFSA’s IR&LS Division include: • The Metal and Engineering Industries
Bargaining Council Main Agreement;
• Basic Conditions of Employment Act
(BCE); and
Labour Relations Act (LRA).
• How to deal with Labour Court Processes • Business Contracts and SLAs • Chairing a Disciplinary Hearing: Doing it the right way • How to effectively deal with interlocutory applications in the CCMA and
Bargaining Councils •
• How to effectively deal with rescission applications • How to prepare effectively for an arbitration • How to Tender Successfully, Untainted By Corruption - Beginner’s course SEIFSA’s experts are also ready to advise, assist
and represent management in all dealings with
trade unions at company level, for example, on:
• Key Aspects of Labour Law • Law of Evidence • The Labour Relations Amendment Act: Bottom Line Impact for Employers • The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act, the amendments and
the impact of the POPI Act on contracts
Services offered by the Industrial Relations team include:
• Company-level IR policies, procedures and practices
• General industrial relations and labour law issues
• Proposed employee retrenchments
• Industrial disputes and strikes
• Union demands for recognition and
access
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