Bizland's LabourSmart Advantage

Coping with the Labour Relations Nightmare

Whether you employ one person or thousands of people, you have a potential labour relations problem. In the new South Africa you MUST comply the Labour Relations Act, The Equal Opportunities Act, the Conditions of Employment Act, Skills Development Levy legislation and much more. Errors can be very COSTLY. You need a full-time labour consultant, but under the current market conditions you can't afford one.

Well, now you can! Bizland LabourSmart gives you a 24-hour labour relations expert for a monthly cost of only R99.

How Does It Work?

Bizland's LabourSmart is a comprehensive resource centre for all your workforce management needs. LabourSmart covers all the common labour issues that South African organisations face on a day to basis. The issues are covered in layman's language and comprehensively indexed using Saratoga's Index Server technology. This makes finding answers to your questions as easy as 1-2-3.

In addition, if for some reason our database cannot answer your question, we have a bulletin board where you can post questions and receive answers from our panel of labour experts. Other subscribers can also access the bulletin board, sharing their experience relating to your problem.

If that is not sufficient to resolve your problem, you have telephonic access to our panel of labour consultants. Every subscriber is assigned a consultant in his or her area. Included in the monthly subscription of only R99 is one free monthly telephonic consultation with the labour consultant. Thereafter you are free to consult with your expert at our normal rates.

As a Bizland subscriber you will also receive our monthly newsletter that will include a section dealing with current labour related issues. Over and above this, we will be offering regular seminars giving updates on labour and other matters. Bizland LabourSmart subscribers will receive a discount for these seminars.

Who is this Product Aimed at?

LabourSmart is aimed at everyone who employs people. You may be an entrepreneur, a personnel manager, a line manager or a manager in a non-profit organisation. If you employ people you are at great risk of making a costly labour-related mistake. As an employer it does not matter whether you are in the right. If you are procedurally wrong you are liable. You must "cross your 't's and dot your 'i's".

LabourSmart contains important checklists and guidelines to limit the chance of making a mistake.

What Topics are Covered in LabourSmart?

LabourSmart covers almost every topic related to current labour issues in South Africa. In addition, there are optional modules dealing with some topics in greater detail. For example, we have an optional detailed module on absenteeism in the workplace.

The topics are broken down into chapters. However, you can do a search using Saratoga's Index Server technology. Below are some of the topics covered:

1. Contracts of employment
2. Independent contractors/labour brokers
3. Application policy and procedures
4. Setting performance objectives
5. Performance measurement and appraisal
6. Dealing with misconduct
7. Dealing with poor performance
8. Managing ill health and incapacity
9. Managing alcohol and drugs in the workplace
10. Managing absenteeism
11. Dealing with theft and dishonesty at work
12. Aids - policy and practice
13. Representing the company at the CCMA (conciliation)
14. Representing the company at the CCMA (arbitration)
15. Managing strikes, O/T bans and go slows at work.
16. Dealing with Unions at work
17. Fair retrenchment for operational persons
18. The company's obligations in the Employment Equity Act
19. Understanding the Basic Conditions of Employment Act