Overview

The Basic Conditions of Employment Act requires that an employer must supply an employee with written particulars of employment. Drafting a contract of employment seems simple enough. You can find one on the internet and hit “copy and paste”. However, laws chop and change and what is available on the internet might not be up to date, or not even legally applicable in South Africa. In this webinar, we will discuss the most important sections of a contract of employment in terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. When to use fixed term and permanent contracts and the difference between employees and independent contractors.

Join Attorney Chantelle de Sousa on the 29th of March from 10:00am - 12:pm where she will equip you with the relevant information to draft a legally compliant contract of employment.  The Basic Conditions of Employment requires that an employer supply an employee with written particulars of employment  

Learning objectives

By the end of this webinar the attendee should know:

• What the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and the Labour Relations Act require be included in a contract of employment;
• How the recent earnings threshold affects contracts of employment;
• The difference between fixed term and permanent contracts of employment;
• The difference between employees and independent contractors. 

Content

The webinar will cover the following topics:

• Legally required provisions in a contract of employment;
• Provisions included at the discretion of the Parties;
• The difference between fixed term and permanent contracts of employment;
• The law regulating fixed term contracts;
• How to manage fixed term contracts and minimise risk;
• The difference between employees and independent contractors.

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?

• Legal practitioners.
• HR representatives.
• Industrial relations officers.
• Legal officers of companies.
• Employees.
• Workers' union officials.
• Paralegals.
• Law students
• Candidate attorneys.
• Anyone interested in employment and labour law

Price

This webinar is free to attend 

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.