Overview  

Understanding and correctly applying disciplinary procedures is crucial to ensuring that dismissals are both legally sound and defensible.  

This webinar is the second instalment of a two-part webinar series designed to guide HR professionals, managers, legal practitioners and employee representatives through the full disciplinary process from initiation to sanction.  

Part  1 (click here) covers the foundational principles required prior to initiating disciplinary proceedings, gather evidence, draft notices, and make suspension decisions. Part 2 of the webinar series offer best practice and procedure for conducting disciplinary hearings from understanding the responsibilities of each party to applying mitigating and aggravating factors, drafting findings, and determining appropriate sanctions. 

Join Attorney Chantelle on 28 August 2025, from 10:00 to 11:30, for a walk through the legal and procedural steps necessary for conducting effective disciplinary hearings that can stand up to scrutiny.     

Learning objectives  

Attending this webinar will equip you with the following skills: 

• Identify the key role players in a disciplinary hearing and understand their responsibilities. 

• Understand the expected conduct and duties of the chairperson during the hearing. 

• Gain practical guidance on the roles of the initiator and the employee throughout the hearing process. 

• Learn how to evaluate and apply aggravating and mitigating factors when assessing misconduct. 

• Develop the skills to write a clear finding and determine an appropriate sanction based on the evidence. 

Content 

The webinar will cover the following topics:  

• The Disciplinary Hearing – Who Are the Key Role Players? 

• The Chairperson – How to Behave. 

• The Initiator – What Do You Need to Do? 

• The Employee – What Do You Need to Do? 

• Aggravating and Mitigating Factors. 

• Writing a Finding – Guilty or Not Guilty. 

• Sanction – To Fire or Not to Fire. 

About the presenter 

Attorney Chantelle de Sousa 

Attorney Chantelle de Sousa obtained her BCom (Law and Economics) and LLB degrees from the North-West University (Potchefstroom). She also studied the LLM (Human Rights, Conflict and Justice) at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.  

Chantelle was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in March 2011 and has worked in various areas of law including intellectual property and human rights in both Europe and the rest of the SADC region. She eventually settled in the field of labour law where she has worked with employers, employees and trade unions in the South African labour space. She is the founder of Chantelle de Sousa Attorneys, a law firm dedicated to providing cost-effective and efficient all-round labour law services.    

Who should attend?  

The following persons will benefit from attending this webinar:  

• Corporate legal professionals 

• Advocates.  

• Attorneys.  

• Candidate attorneys.  

• Law students.  

• Paralegals.  

Price               

• R 400.00 - Online admission - Individual.  

• Group Price 1 - From R337 per person (up to 5 users)   

• Group Price 2 - From R260 per person (up to 10 users)   

• Group Price 3 - From R224 per person (over 11 users)  

Steps to register for the event:   

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Additional material  

By attending this webinar you will be provided with:  

• A summarised slide presentation.  

• Reference documents and/ or course material where available.  

• You can ask questions during the webinar and you will also have access to the presenter after the webinar. 

About SA Legal Academy  

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