Employees are probably the biggest asset for any company, but do you know the procedures to follow to ensure that dismissals of employees are not unfair? With employees standing up for their rights more and more, this has become a major dilemma for most companies, leading to large pay-outs to employees and increased cost in defending the company in any legal proceedings. To avoid these unnecessary costs is easy. Ensure that you are up to date with the labour relations act in terms of unfair dismissal and have evidence in proceedings as to why an employee was dismissed and whether or not the right procedures were followed. Join us for part 5 of this 9-part series where will look at the reasons for fair dismissal, as well the procedure to follow to ensure that the employee does not have a reason to complain to the CCMA.

In session 5, we take a look at the following: • What is dismissal? • What is an unfair dismissal? • What disciplinary procedures can you adopt and implement to ensure a fair process when dismissal is necessary? • Dismissal due to misconduct • Dismissal due to incapacity • Dismissal due to operational requirements • Automatically unfair dismissals • Remedies applicable if unfair dismissal occurred • Labour court and labour appeal court judgements and examples on unfair dismissal and unfair discrimination

This series will benefit all HR departments, employees, management as well as accountants and auditors who need to obtain an understanding of the labour laws.