PLANNING FOR RETRENCHMENTS WORKSHOP

Unfortunately, in today's economic climate, retrenchments are becoming a reality.  If you are preparing for retrenchments, attend this one day workshop and make sure that you follow the correct procedures to avoid ending up in court.

Whether you are retrenching one employee or many, you need to ensure that you are familiar with the provisions of the Labour Relations Act as well as the Code of Good Practice on Operational Requirements.

Equally it is important to ensure that you have an effective workplace communications strategy to address employee morale.

Defending a poorly managed retrenchment process in court will cost you time and money.  You may even end up worse-off despite the savings you achieved by reducing staff.
 

The following will be discussed during this workshop:

1.           Section 189 and 189A provisions

2.           Notification requirements

3.           The consultation process

4.           Disclosure of information

5.           Recent case law on retrenchments

6.           Documentation & consultation templates

7.           Trade Union consultations

8.           The pros and cons of CCMA Facilitation

9.           Ways to avoid retrenchments

10.         Assisting employees faced with retrenchment

About the presenter

This workshop will be presented by Gary Watkins, Industrial Relations Specialist.  Gary has a BA LLB degree and has 20 years experience in HR and IR consulting and 10 years experience in training.

Date and Venue

Date:     27 March 2009

Venue:  Midrand Conference Centre, Midrand

Cost:     R2 000,00pp excl VAT

To register please contact:

Michelle du Toit
Manager:  Workshops:

Tel:      011 - 781 4228(Office)
Fax:     086 566 4094
Cell:     083 232 2004
Email: michelle@workinfo.com