Industrial Relations
Industrial Relations
Karibu Consulting also offers an additional service of providing professional, competent and competitive chairpersons for your company.
We have representation national footprint of chairpersons that will be available to chair your cases.

Our chairpersons will ensure that the hearing is fair and the chairperson of a disciplinary hearing will:
- Be unbiased and impartial
- Have no prior knowledge of the case
- Must remain neutral at all times and does not represent either party to the dispute
- Have a good knowledge of the correct procedure
- Be capable of taking down his own notes (not the minutes) during the proceedings
- Have working knowledge of the correct dispute resolution procedures.
- Possess working knowledge of basic labour law.
- Experienced in weighing up evidence, and experienced in separating the facts from opinions and hearsay, in order to arrive at a verdict of guilt or innocence.
- Justify and give reasons upon which his verdict of guilt or innocence is based.
- Experienced in considering all the factors that need to be considered in arriving at a finding on a suitable and fair sanction.
- Justify and give reasons upon which the decided sanction is based.
Reports after a hearing will be presented within 5 working days
Training on IR
Additionally inhouse training is provided on Understanding Industrial Relations Training Course. This is a 2 day intensive training which covers the overall process industrial relations
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
This programme is aimed at line managers who are required to have a good understanding of all the legislation required to manage people in the workplace. The course explains the legislation applicable (8 acts) and best practices in implementing the legislation. It also takes managers through the accepted processes required to fairly counsel, discipline and dismiss an employee and what is required to prepare for CCMA/Bargaining Council conciliation and arbitration process.
COURSE CONTENTS
Introduce managers to the eight acts that govern our management of staff
Contract of employment
How to deal with the poor performer
Violation of contract
Compilation of charges and different roles
Process of disciplinary hearing
Mitigation and Aggravation circumstances
Findings and Charges
Appeal process
Referral to CCMA/Bargaining Council
Arbitraton/Conciliation
Duration = 2 Days
