Chairing a Disciplinary Hearing

Duration: 1 Day
Time: 8:30am-4:00pm

It is an expensive exercise for any business to hold a disciplinary hearing only to have the outcome overturned by the CCMA because of poor chairing. The responsible chair should confidently direct and guide proceedings to ensure a procedurally and substantively fair result.

This course gives delegates good insight into what is expected of a chairperson and how it is done.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Managers, Business Owners who are involved in disciplining of staff;
• Those who are responsible for implementing or ensuring adherence to Labour Relations legislation in the workplace;
• Anyone who needs to gain an understanding of the procedures to follow when dealing with transgressions in the workplace;
• Anyone required to chair a disciplinary hearing;

HOW YOU WILL BENEFIT

• Your business will become more compliant with Labour Relations legislation;
• You will be more confident in your dealings with disciplinary issues;
• You will spend less time at the CCMA;
• Labour issues will become just another management task;
• You will have the basic tools to make fair decisions in any disciplinary situation;

WHAT WILL BE COVERED

• Introduction to the Labour Relations Act including substantive and procedural fairness
• How the Chairman prepares for a hearing
• Conducting and managing the hearing
  • Informing the employee of the allegation and his/her rights
  • Ensuring that proper procedure was followed prior to the hearing (procedural fairness)
  • Conducting the hearing in a firm and procedurally fair manner
  • Following the correct procedure in a hearing
  • Recording proceedings – use our template for recording Minutes
• The sanction
  • Understanding the law of probabilities
  • Arriving at a decision as to sanction
  • Mitigating, aggravating and extenuating circumstances
  • Hearing pleadings
• Reasons for final decisions as to guilt and sanction, are recorded