Human Resources
Don’t be caught out by regular changes in labour legislation and HR practices.
Over the last decade South Africa’s HR environment has become far more complex. Recently-introduced legislation such as the Employment Equity Act and the Skills Development Act, as well as numerous amendments to the Labour Relations Act and Basic Conditions of Employment Act, imposes significant new responsibilities on employers including higher levels of planning and reporting.
Many employees now enjoy new rights. One important example concerns the payout of outstanding leave on termination of services. Historically this benefit was calculated on base pay only; today it is based on the full employment costs to the company - thereby increasing the payouts made to employees.
The regulatory net has also been widened to include many more companies, including SMEs, which now find themselves compelled to monitor and conform with HR legislation that previously many of them were able to ignore.
All this makes HR both more time-consuming than ever for smaller companies – but, ironically, also a greater source of potential competitive advantage.
What can we offer you?
SHRS provides the full range of HR services, from ‘hard’ to ‘soft’:
•	HR Administration: everything from capturing and maintaining the right level of employee information on your central HR database, to administering and controlling leave, monthly and annual HR reporting, letters of appointment and all other related documentation (policies, procedures and forms).
	We’ll ensure that your employer/employee relationships are always managed within the correct legal parameters (performance evaluations, performance counselling, disciplinary hearings, etc…), so you can be sure you won’t find yourselves at the sharp end of a labour relations dispute.
•	Legislated Reporting: We’ll draw up and submit your Employment Equity Plan and Report as well as your Workplace Skills Plans, and submit the necessary documents to assist you in your claims in terms of the Skills Development Act. That will ensure compliance and avoidance of unnecessary fines as well as the maximum financial assistance to your company in the form of Skills Grants.
To find out how SHRS can turn your HR into a source of competitive advantage, contact us today.
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