Overview

In today's cutthroat and competitive business landscape, it is crucial for organisations to maintain high standards of performance. However, dealing with poor work performance can be challenging, especially when it comes to dismissals.

Join Chantelle de Sousa on the 20th of September from 10:00am - 12:00pm where she will  provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the legal framework, best practices, and practical strategies for putting processes in place to manage poor work performance and how to dismiss employees should it be necessary.

Content

The webinar will discuss the following topics:

• Legal Framework: Understanding the Labour Relations Act, Code of Good Practice: Dismissals, and case law related to poor work performance.
• Differentiating Poor Work Performance and Misconduct: How to distinguish between the two.
• Identifying Poor Work Performance: Techniques to recognize and define poor work performance and establish performance standards.
• Addressing Poor Performance: Strategies like coaching, counseling, and performance improvement plans.
• Procedural Fairness: Importance of procedural fairness in the dismissal process and ensuring legal compliance.
• Alternative Options: Considering redeployment, retraining, and job rotation as alternatives to dismissal.
• Documentation and Record-Keeping: Importance of maintaining accurate records.
• Communication and Feedback: Effective communication techniques for managing employee performance.
• Practical Case Studies: Real-life cases to understand how dismissals have been handled in the CCMA and the Labour Court.

About the Presenter

Chantelle de Sousa Attorneys is a law firm dedicated to providing cost-effective and efficient all-round labour law services. Chantelle read for the BCom (Law and Economics) and LLB degrees at the North-West University (Potchefstroom) and 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 Chantelle 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 and has worked with employers, employees and trade unions in the South African labour space. She has an excellent network in the SADC region made up of lawyers, business and civil society. She is fluent in English, Afrikaans and Portuguese.

Who should attend?

• Human Resources personnel,
• labour relations personnel,
• legal practitioners,
• candidate attorneys
• people with an interest in labour law.

About SA Legal Academy

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Price

• R 650.00 per person (Discount available for group bookings)

For those of you who are unable to attend the live webinar, the recording will be made available to you shortly after 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.

Contact Us

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• Online chat through our website: https://legalacademy.co.za
• Phone: 012 941 0448
• E-mail: [email protected]