With all the challenges faced by business in the last two years, dismissals of employees may have been unavoidable. Whether retrenchment due to financial problems, or dismissal due to misconduct in the recent unrests, employers must ensure that they follow the correct procedures when dismissing employees, or they may face payments imposed by the CCMA
With employees standing up for their rights more and more, this has become a major dilemma for most companies, leading to large pay-outs to employees and increased cost in defending the company in any legal proceedings.
To avoid these unnecessary costs is easy. Join us in this informative session as we discuss the requirements of the Labour Relations Act, and look at the practical implications on business and employers

• What is dismissal?
• What is an unfair dismissal?
• What disciplinary procedures can you adopt and implement to ensure a fair process when dismissal is necessary?
• Dismissal due to misconduct
o Recent unrest and employees involvement
• Dismissal due to incapacity
o COVID 19 impact
• Dismissal due to operational requirements
o COVID 19 impact
• Automatically unfair dismissals
• Remedies applicable if unfair dismissal occurred
• Labour court and labour appeal court judgements and examples on unfair dismissal and unfair discrimination

ALL employers and HR managers