event description

Objectives
At the end of this two-day workshop, participants will:
- differentiate between grievance, conflict and disciplinary situations
- determine and plan the appropriate course of action to take
- resolve the situation with confidence and with positive impact on the team
- appreciate various legal aspects of termination
- find answers to commonly asked questions about termination
- handle common termination situations with confidence


Outline
Grievance Mediation
- What is grievance
- How grievance develops
- Approaches to handling grievance
- Grievance handling principles
- Handling grievance mediation discussion

Taking Disciplinary Action
- Setting ground rules
- Purpose of the Code
- Approach to discipline
- Terminology used in discipline
- Hot stove rule
- Natural justice
- Classification of misconduct
- Progressive discipline

Holding Disciplinary Sessions
- Specific objectives of the discussion session
- Guidelines to conduct a disciplinary session
- Common types of disciplinary penalties

Types of Cessation
- Types of employer initiated termination
- Types of employee initiated termination
- Understanding the law regarding different types of termination

Options when Handling Resignation & Termination
- What are the difference between clearing leave, offsetting leave, garden leave, in lieu of notice and mutual agreement