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Local Time: Friday, September 03, 2010, 05:44
DO YOU OWN A SMALL, MEDIUM SIZE OR LARGE BUSINESS?
If "yes", read on.
  • Do you know the latest labour laws and how they impact on your business?
  • Do you feel pressurised by authorities to get your house in order?
  • Have you taken the action required by law?

Chances are that your company does not have a permanent HR specialist or personnel officer. You most probably have to rely on labour consultants and labour lawyers to advise you on labour issues. You may already have some sort of labour problem plaguing your business.

Labourwise is a unique advisory service developed by Effective Human Solutions (Pty) Ltd (EHS), Somerset West for small and medium-size and larger businesses.

This service is an Internet-based labour-relations package. EHS assembled it in order to make labour relations user-friendlier, easy to understand, practical and affordable for small and medium-size, larger businesses and franchisees.

WHAT DO YOU GET?
By means of monthly subscription you gain access to the Labourwise web site.
The web site contains:

  • Straightforward explanations of labour legislation and how it affects employers with updates each month
  • Forms that can be used daily in the management of employees and labour relations
  • Generic employment contracts for temporary and permanent appointments (also in English/Xhosa, English/Sotho and English/Zulu versions)
  • Practical hints for employers about the dos and don'ts of labour relations
  • A glossary of labour relations terminology
  • Complete labour laws, etc., as these are published
  • A newsletter each month that will inform you about any changes in labour legislation with practical advice on how to apply it in the workplace.
  • Information about interesting court cases that might be relevant to the small and medium-size businesses.
  • Links to other labour related web sites, for instance, to those of the Department of Labour, Nedlac (National Economic and Labour Advisory Council) and the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).

Labourwise is also a training tool for owners that run more than one business and have managers in various locations or in branches of the same company. Standardise all labour procedures and rest assured that managers will implement procedure according to the law.

Labourwise is also a valuable tool for HR practitioners in bigger organisations. It assists them in their duties to get line management's support to implement labour legislation provisions timeously.

BACK-UP SERVICE

  • We include a telephonic help line in the service in the event that you or your managers want information on how to apply the information on the web site to specific situations in the workplace. Experts in labour law back up this help line. This telephonic service is free.

  • Should you need more in-depth assistance on site, we are able to send a labour consultant to you. The hourly charges are reasonable. Please note, the main service is provided by means of the web site. If you follow labour developments on the site and take timeous action, you should not need personal assistance by a consultant. But it is available should you need it.

  • Labourwise has a wide national network of labour consultants in the event that a subscriber in any part of South Africa needs further advice or on site support.

  • We can also arrange representation at the CCMA.

  • Labourwise can also arrange that IR functions in bigger organisations can be implemented through the web site.

HOW COMPLICATED IS THE WEB SITE?
You do not have to have a legal or labour background in order to understand and implement Labourwise in your business.

  • Any entrepreneur can take preventative measures to minimise labour problems.
  • You can solve existing problems before it affects your company's bank balance.
  • Access to our service also protects you over the long term as you can have all procedures required by law in place in case a labour relations case originating in your company ends up at the CCMA or the Labour Court.

Labour legislation affects every business and its employees, irrespective of whether it is the Labour Relations Act, the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, the Employment Equity Act or any other labour-related legislation. Labourwise will assist you to interpret the provisions of labour legislation. It will advise on how to manage employees in compliance with this legislation - simply, practically and without legal and technical jargon.

WHO DEVELOPED LABOURWISE?
Jan Truter, a BA. LLB (Stellenbosch) graduate, practicing as attorney from 1985 and specializing in labour law since 1990. Denis Human, a B.Com graduate who also holds a postgraduate diploma in labour law. Prof Barney Jordaan, formerly from the University of Stellenbosch, who keeps track of the latest developments on the labour law front. Pieter Human, a M Phil (Policy Formulation) graduate, who specialise in marketing and strategic development.

Contact Us if you need any additional information

This is a cost-effective service developed with your business in mind.

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