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Managing Employment Relations (MER)
Discipline, incapacity, and dismissal are the moments that test every manager — and where getting it wrong can be costly. This workshop equips managers / supervisors to handle misconduct, poor performance, and ill health processes fairly and with confidence. Delegates will master the legal essentials and learn to conduct disciplinary and incapacity processes that are both substantively and procedurally fair. Through real-world case studies and role plays, delegates will leave not just informed — but prepared.
DATE: 25, 26 May & 1,2 June 2026
DURATION: 4 x 3 hour Sessions (12 hours)
TIME: 09:00 – 12:00
PRICE: R1950 per person excl VAT
Why attend?
- Maintaining Trust – how to manage and address misconduct and incapacity whilst maintaining a relationship of trust.
- Navigate Legal Essentials – Get a clear overview of key legislative provisions and the Code of Good Practice: Dismissal.
- Handle Discipline Fairly – Distinguish misconduct from incapacity, conduct disciplinary interviews, and apply substantive & procedural fairness.
- Manage Incapacity, Performance & Ill Health Processes: Navigate incapacity procedures, address poor performance and absenteeism, and transform adversarial situations into supportive, compliant outcomes.
- Apply with Confidence: Practice real world scenarios through case studies and role plays.
Here’s what we will be covering:
- The Importance of Trust in ER
- Rights & Duties in Employment
- Causes of Poor Discipline
- Misconduct vs Incapacity: Why does it make a difference?
- Dismissal and Unfair Labour Practice Definitions
- Code of Good Practice: Dismissal Essentials
- Guidelines for Guilt & Sanction Decisions
- Procedural Fairness Requirements
- Conducting Disciplinary Interviews
- Managing Poor Performance, Ill-health and Absenteeism
- Step Wise Effective Counselling
- Interactive Case Studies
PLEASE NOTE: No recordings available. Slides are available to attending delegates. Fees are charged per delegate and not per screen.
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