Mastering Disciplinary Hearings: Practice & Procedure
CPD Hours: 1.5
Price: R400.00
Mastering Disciplinary Hearings: Practice & Procedure
Presenters : Chantelle de Sousa
Overview
Disciplinary hearings play a critical role in ensuring fairness, accountability, and lawful workplace management. Employers and professionals tasked with chairing or initiating disciplinary proceedings must possess both procedural knowledge and practical skills to conduct hearings effectively and in compliance with labour legislation.
This webinar provides a practical and legally grounded approach to disciplinary hearings within the South African labour law framework. It focuses on developing the confidence, competence, and technical understanding required to manage disciplinary processes professionally — from preparing evidence and interpreting policies to delivering fair rulings and determining appropriate sanctions.
Join Chantelle de Sousa as she guides participants through the legal principles, procedural requirements, and practical techniques necessary to chair or prosecute disciplinary hearings with confidence, knowledge, and skill. Attendees will gain insight into ensuring both substantive and procedural fairness while navigating workplace discipline in compliance with applicable legislation and best practice standards.
Learning objectives
Attending this webinar will equip you with the following skills:
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Ensuring procedural and substantive fairness during disciplinary hearings
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Developing professional chairperson and initiator skills
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Preparing and presenting evidence effectively in disciplinary proceedings
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Drafting clear, legally defensible disciplinary rulings
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Determining appropriate and fair sanctions in line with labour legislation and workplace policies
Content
The webinar will cover the following topics:
• Labour Law and Employment Law Framework
o Overview of Labour Law principles
o Employment Law obligations and workplace discipline
o Labour rights and employer responsibilities
o Compliance with the Labour Relations Act and Code of Good Practice: Dismissal
• Disciplinary Hearings: Practice and Procedure
o Substantively fair dismissal
o Procedurally fair dismissal
o Roles and responsibilities of the Chairperson and Initiator
o Interpretation of disciplinary procedures and workplace policies
• Evidence, Rulings and Sanctions
o Gathering and presenting evidence
o Assessing credibility and probabilities
o Drafting disciplinary findings and rulings
o Determining appropriate sanctions and mitigating factors