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The 5 Most Costly Labour Mistakes… And How
To Avoid ThemThis FREE presentation shows you exactly how you can Say “You're Fired”...and Make it
Stick!
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It's urgent that you watch this entire presentation...RIGHT NOW.
You’ll see why...
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Hi, my name's Rachel Paterson. I'm the Business Publisher at Fleet Street Publications.
Today, I’m going to reveal...
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How just 1 day's absence could be costing you 3 days' salary
When you don’t have to pay for leave
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How you can make your employment contracts work for you 100% of the time
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When you don't have to pay for overtime
And...how to safely say “You're fired!” and make it stick
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As you know, labour legislation is one of the biggest challenges facing you and your business.
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The Legislation is vague and it's always changing!
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You have to quickly adapt your polices and change the way you do things to comply.
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It's for exactly these reasons that we developed the Labour Law for Managers Loose Leaf service.
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It's a hands-on guide to labour law. And it's written in layman's terms to help you protect your business and stay on the right side of the law.
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Simply follow the step-by-step instructions and sample forms.
That way you'll always be sure you're doing things 100% correctly.
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Take Mr Pelzer of Service Master Cape for example. He had this to say about the Labour Law for Managers:
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“The Labour Law for Managers is definitely the best material we have used at our pottery factory in Nigel. We started a pottery business and we worked on the information in this book.
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When the Department of Labour visited we passed with flying colours because we had every detail in place. Thank you again for this information.”
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We have over 25 professional legal experts who serve on our specialist panel of writers.
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These experts include Senior commissioners from the CCMA and even acting Judges at the Labour court!
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I'll tell you a bit more about them in a few minutes...but first...
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1 day’s absence can cost you 3 days’ salary?
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In a recent survey it was estimated that SA business loses around R12 billion a year because of absenteeism.
R2.2 billion is attributed to HIV/Aids.
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But the survey also indicated that the cost of this absenteeism isn't limited to the employee's salary for that day...
it can actually add up to 3 times that when you factor in the hidden costs such as hiring a temp and so on!
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Have you calculated the actual cost when your employee's off work?
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How to reduce absenteeism in 2 steps.
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First: you need to understand why employees stay away from work
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Then: You need a strategy to combat the problem.
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If you want to manage the problem of absenteeism effectively, you should...
Try to identify and deal with the causes.
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Dealing with the causes is usually more cost effective than merely tackling the symptoms.
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Here are some of the things that cause absenteeism and how I can help you solve them.
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4 methods to deal with absenteeism
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Cause 1: lack of clear standards and policies for absenteeism.
What should you do about this?
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Solution: Set standards that tell employees how much you’ll tolerate absenteeism and when you’ll start investigating people.
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Publish regular lists of the rate of absenteeism in your business per department or division with an indication of what this is costing the business.
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Cause 2: Boredom on the job or lack of job satisfaction.
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Solution: Conduct regular reviews with your staff to gauge their level of job satisfaction.
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If you pick up problems then take steps.
Discuss it with the employee, and find solutions.
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Cause 3: Transport problems.
Solution: You can investigate with the employee what alternative transport arrangements can be made,
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so he can get to work on time and isn’t tempted to stay away from work when he experiences transport difficulties.
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Cause 4: Inadequate leadership and poor supervision by management
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Solution: Make sure your managers and supervisors know it’s part of their job to manage absenteeism levels.
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Write this into their job descriptions and make it a performance criteria on which they are reviewed.
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These are only 4 methods that you can use.
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In the Absenteeism chapter of the Labour Law for Managers Loose leaf, we give you another 5 methods to reduce absenteeism.
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I'll tell you more about how you can get them in just a minute...
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A lot of our subscribers ask if they have to always pay for sick leave.
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You only have to pay for sick leave if you get a valid medical certificate that proves your employee was too sick to be at work.
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10 items of information that MUST appear on a valid medical certificate:
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1. The name, address and qualifications of the medical practitioner and the practice number
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2. The employment number of the patient, or another form of clear identification of the patient as your employee.
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3. The date and time of the examination
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4. Whether the certificate is issued after the doctor has personally examined the patient.
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5. An indication that the doctor is satisfied the employee was too sick or injured to return to work for the whole period of absence.
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6. Whether the patient is totally unable to work or whether he would be able to perform less strenuous duties
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7. The exact period of recommended sick leave
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8. The date of issue of the certificate
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9. A clear identification of the doctor who issued the certificate
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10. Is the certificate legible? It should be!
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Notify your staff that you won’t accept medical certificates in the future unless they include this information.
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This checklist is one of the 62 checklists included in the Labour law for Managers Loose leaf service.
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If your method to reduce the absenteeism hasn’t worked –
Can you dismiss?
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In the Labour Law for Managers you’ll find out exactly how to discipline for 12 different categories of offences and how to dismiss by the book.
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You can use all the checklists and dismissal processes free for 14 days...
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Plus you can send us a simple labour query and get our experts advice direct to your inbox.
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Here's some advice our panel of experts gave about leave to our subscribers
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Our subscriber asked...
I run a small operation and can’t afford to pay employees who take sick leave consistently.
When do I not have to pay sick leave?
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An employee is entitled to 30 days’ paid sick leave if he works five days a week, and 36 days’ paid sick leave if he works six days a week, per 3-year cycle.
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You don’t have to pay an employee for sick leave if he’s exceeded his quota or if the period of absence is longer than two consecutive days.
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Or if he's been absent on more than two occasions during an eight-week period, unless he gives you a valid medical certificate from a registered medical practitioner.
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The next question dealt with how to tackle sick leave abuse
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Question: I have an employee that takes two days’ sick leave every month on various days of the week.
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She produces a doctor’s note, but we’d like to know if there is anything we can do to break this trend.
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Answer: You would need to investigate whether the employee is in fact ill.
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If she isn’t and the doctor’s notes are forged or fraudulent, you can take disciplinary action.
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You could ask her to submit herself to a medical examination by a company doctor or doctor of your choice. This often acts as a deterrent for future ‘illness’.
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You must also warn your employee this is now becoming a habitual problem, which could lead to disciplinary action or, if it is affecting your business requirements, an incapacity process.
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Question: When must you deduct public holidays from annual leave?
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When calculating employees' leave allowance this subscriber noticed Christmas Day and New Year's Day fell on a Saturday.
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His employees work a five-day week and are entitled to 20 working days’ leave.
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Does he add the two extra days to their leave entitlement or do they lose out, as these public holidays fall on a weekend?
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Answer: If your staff work a five-day week and receive 20 working days, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day wouldn’t affect their leave entitlement.
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The only time it would affect their leave is if the public holiday fell on a working day (Monday-Friday). In this case you wouldn’t deduct this day from their entitlement.
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What about Family responsibility leave...
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Question: According to the BCEA family responsibility leave covers a child's illness. Is there any rule about how old the child must be?
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Can I grant family responsibility leave to a parent to take her child, who is over 21, to the hospital?
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Answer: The BCEA defines a “child” as a person under 18.
So, you don’t have to grant family responsibility leave if a child over 18 is sick.
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In the Labour Law for Managers we also answer questions like...
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• If your company closes over Christmas can you make it mandatory to take leave over that period?
• Who pays for sick leave when an employee is injured on the job?
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• Do employees lose their accumulated annual leave when they go on maternity leave?
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• What annual leave can you grant to part-time employees?
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• How much sick leave are employees entitled to in their first six months of employment?
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• Must you accept medical certificates from traditional healers?
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• Are males entitled to paternity leave when their children are born?
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• Can an employee carry over family responsibility to the next leave cycle?
• When must an employee on maternity leave return to work?
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• Is an employee entitled to maternity leave if she has a miscarriage?
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With the Labour Law for Managers loose leaf service you can use our Labour Helpdesk at any time.
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You simply email us your question and our panel of experts will email you back.
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Make sure your employment contracts work to your
advantage
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You must give your employees, in writing, the terms and conditions of their employment.
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This document can take the form of a letter of appointment, or you can create a more formal contract of employment.
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The format doesn’t matter it’s the content that’s important!
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Get your employee to sign the document as this will avoid disputes about whether or not it was given and what it contains.
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Give your employee the document when he starts employment and keep the document for at least three years after the employment relationship terminates.
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Remember, you must also update this employment document and provide the employee with a new copy when...
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• The law changes
• You and your employee agree to changes in the terms and conditions
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• You increase the employee’s pay or benefits (this you could do in a supplementary letter).
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TIP:Better late than never! If you haven't got these in order, it's not too late!
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Check all your personnel records and draw up the employment documents now.
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Even if your employees have been working for you for years!
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Even part-time staff must have a contract!
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This law applies to you if your employees are temporary or part-time.
And even if they...
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• Have a fixed employment period• Only work one day a week• Only work every weekend• Only work half day.
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Anyone who qualifies as an employee should receive thisdocument from you.
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3 easy steps to protect yourself from legal comebacks
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The South African labour laws offer your employees protection, but they also allow you a degree of flexibility in what you agree with your employee.
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Be proactive and protect yourself!
Take these three steps today...
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1. Design an employment agreement (whether it’s in the form of a contract or a letter) that complies with the law, but fits with your business requirements.
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2. Make it a requirement for the selected job applicant to sign the contract BEFORE commencing employment
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3. Explain (with the aid of an interpreter if necessary) the contents of the contract to the employee/ applicant in a language he understands.
Remember: this is required by law.
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To make it easier for you, you'll find these 4 sample contracts in the Labour Law for Managers Loose leaf:
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1. A contract of permanent employment2. A fixed-term contract3. A contractor agreement 4. A contract for an ‘occasional worker’
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There are 17 vital elements that must be communicated in the employment contract.
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And you can protect yourself further by including another 9 vital points in your contracts...
The Labour Law for Managers Loose leaf tells you exactly what they are.
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What information will you find in the Labour Law for Managers?
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Here are just SOME of the topics and issues:
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• The A-Z of disciplinary hearings: investigation, notification, preparation, suspension, evidence, legal representation and more
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• How to deal with probation effectively and legally
• All your questions answered about leave
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• How to reduce absenteeism and deal with deserters
• 17 clauses you must have in your employment contracts
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• How to implement a disciplinary process that increases performance and not litigation.
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• Sample warnings, codes of conduct, levels of offence, types of discipline, sample policies and more
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• Step-by-step instructions on how to conduct yourself at conciliation and arbitration to emerge successful
• What your rights are as a manager with regard to employee privacy
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• What you can and can’t ask in an interview
• The legal dos and don’ts when advertising for a position
• Designing a recruitment and selection policy
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• How to carry out a legal retrenchment so you don’t end up spending lots of time and money defending your case in court (and perhaps ending up worse off despite the savings you achieved by reducing staff)
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• Your 6-step employment equity plan
• A simple guide to completing your employment equity report
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• What to do when a grievance is reported
• How to deal with trade unions
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• How to prevent and prepare for strikes, as well as deal with strike misconduct
• Bargaining council, CCMA, SETA and Department of Labour contact details
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And so much more!
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How to make the law work for you when it comes to
overtime
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Are you aware of little tricks regarding overtime that can make a big difference to your bottom line?
This is your chance to use the law to your advantage...
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You don’t always have to pay for overtime so why incur the expense?
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You don’t have to pay all employees overtime. Even if they’re required to and do work overtime.
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You don’t have to pay overtime to the following categories of employees:
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1. Senior managerial employees
2. Sales staff who travel to the premises of customers and who regulate their own hours of work
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3. Employees who work less than 24 hours a month for you
4. Employees who earn more than R149 736 per year
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Warning! Despite what the BCEA says, if you’ve agreed in your employment contract to pay overtime, you’re bound by your agreement!
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Be careful of saying that overtime will be paid, because if an employee receives salary increases he ends up earning more than R149 736 per year.
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TIPWrite the following clause into your employment contracts:
“Currently employees who earn less than R149 736 per year must be paid for overtime worked...
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If at any stage during your employment your remuneration is increased so that you fall outside this threshold, you will no longer be paid for overtime worked, although you will still be obliged to work overtime as and when required.”
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Take advantage of the flexibility that the BCEA allows!
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You can agree with your employee to give her time off in lieu of payment for overtime that she’s worked.
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To take advantage of this option you need to provide for it in your employment contracts.
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TIPWrite the following clause into your employment contracts:
“You agree that, at our discretion, you may be granted time off in lieu of payment for overtime worked.
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Time off will be granted as agreed with your supervisor/manager but within (up to 12) months of your becoming entitled to the time off.”
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How much overtime must you pay?
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You must pay your employee (who is entitled to be paid for overtime) at least one and a half times his wage for the overtime worked.
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If the overtime is on a Sunday, you must pay double his normal wage for each hour worked UNLESS Sunday is an ordinary day for him. In this case you must pay him at least one and a half times his wage for each hour worked.
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In the Labour Law for Managers Loose leaf you’ll also find out:
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• The maximum amount of overtime an employee may work
• When night work is allowed; and
• How to pay employees who work on public holidays
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If you have to dismiss an employee you need to make sure you do it fairly so you won’t be taken to the CCMA or, if you are, you have a reasonable chance of defending your decision.
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To avoid this ask these 2 key questions before disciplining:
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1. Has the employee disobeyed a company standard, rule, instruction, code or policy that was communicated to him or that he should have known about?
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2. Did the employee know/should have known that his conduct or behaviour was wrong/unacceptable?
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When you take disciplinary action you must make sure it’s:
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• appropriate in relation to how serious the misconduct is; and
• consistent with how you have treated similar misconduct in the past.
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Many cases are lost at the CCMA because of the way the employer has formulated the allegations
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It’s very important to accurately describe what you say your employee has done wrong.
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You must also do it in a way that the employee will understand – he needs to know exactly what he is supposed to have done wrong otherwise he can’t prepare a defence.
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How should you do it?
Here are 2 tips...
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TIPDon’t get lost by trying to find a technical name or description for what the employee has done wrong.
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You might just pick the wrong technical term (such as fraud) and then lose the case because you don’t prove the employee was guilty of that offence, even though he might have been guilty of another form of dishonesty.
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TIPRather describe in simple straightforward words what you say your employee has done.
For example...
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It’s alleged that you failed to come to work for five days from 5 to 10 November without asking permission from your manager to be absent and without handing in a doctor’s certificate to show that you were too sick to come to work.
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Don’t just say: unauthorised absence from work – this doesn’t tell the employee exactly what you are referring to and doesn’t allow him a proper chance to prepare his defence.
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Four things to do if you dismiss the employee:
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1. Make it clear whether you’re applying a summary dismissal or dismissing on notice.
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2. Ensure the payroll department has this information and processes the dismissal with the required pay to the dismissed employee, i.e. payment up to the date of dismissal and accrued leave pay.
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3. Make sure retirement fund withdrawals are processed in accordance with the reason for the dismissal.
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If the employee owes money to the company, payroll should check whether this can be deducted from monies owing to the employee
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4. Give the employee a certificate of service.
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The discipline and dismissal section in the Labour Law for Managers includes...
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• A sample of a written warning• A sample disciplinary policy• A sample code of conduct• 4 more checklists
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Plus information on...
• How to issue warnings• How to avoid the most common mistakes that lead to unfair dismissal
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• Appropriate sanctions for different types of offences
• Different ways to discipline your employees
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• 6 key elements of an effective and legally complainant disciplinary hearing
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Your communication systems are central to the effectiveness of your business, but the use of the Internet has become a huge problem, with many employees abusing this business tool.
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This could cost you thousands of rands in lost working time!
This abuse can also damage your systems.
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Because of the legal protection of an employee’s right to privacy and the provisions of the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-related Information Act, 70 of 2002 (RICA),
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you need to tread very warily when you try to manage use of your e-communications system.
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There are actions you can take, which we cover in the chapter on privacy, to monitor your employees’ use of email and the Internet.
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Here’s how you can get around the privacy laws...
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Step #1: Get written consent from your employees to monitor all communications including e-mails and use of the Internet.
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Then you can gather the facts to prove who is abusing the system.
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Step #2: If you can’t get express consent (for example, in an employment contract) then you must implement a communications policy that informs employees in writing that their e-mail may be monitored.
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Checklist: Make these 3 things clear in your communications policy:
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1. You provide the e-mail system for business use.
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2. State that limited private use is allowed; but make it clear that things like pornographic or other offensive images or, for example, attachments above a certain size, will not be allowed.
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3. Tell employees that their e-mail may be monitored and they can’t rely on the argument that there has been a breach of privacy.
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1. Set performance standards.2. Communicate those performance standards to your employee/s.
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3. Evaluate your employee’s performance
4. Make sure you have given sufficient instruction on the tasks you require him to do and how you want them done.
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6. Provide guidance along the way on how to meet the standard, as the employee seeks to improve.
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8. Give your employee a fair opportunity to meet the required performance standard.
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