Chairing Disciplinary Hearings Training

By investing in this Chairing / Initiating Disciplinary Hearings Training - which we run publicly and in-house throughout South Africa - you will be able to ensure that your managers and supervisors are competent to initiate and preside over disciplinary enquiries

Suitable for:  Supervisors, Managers, HR Practitioners, Shop Stewards

Course duration:  2 days

NQF level:  5

Course content and outcomes:

Discipline and disciplinary hearings in the workplace

• An introduction to the disciplinary process and its purpose
• Fundamental premises that should apply to all disciplinary action
• Typical causes of disciplinary problems in a workplace
• The classification of transgressions relating to unacceptable conduct
• Resignation to Avoid Dismissal (RTAD)
• Initiating a disciplinary enquiry, collecting evidence, drafting the charges, preparing witnesses
• Opening statements, closing arguments, presenting the evidence, cross-examining witnesses and redirecting
• The impermissible splitting of charges, and the independence of transgressions
• Procedural and substantive fairness
• The rules of evidence applicable to disciplinary enquiries in the workplace:
• The admissibility of evidence
• Allegations, evidence and facts
• Real evidence, admissions and confessions
• Deciding the merits of the case:
• Relevant and acceptable facts
• The reliability and credibility of witnesses
• The balance of probabilities
• The onus / burden of proof
• Formulating and documenting the finding
• Mitigating and / or aggravating circumstances
• Determining and ruling on the sanction

Dismissals: Unfair dismissals and unfair labour practices

• The right not to be unfairly dismissed
• The definition of dismissal
• Automatically unfair dismissals
• Other unfair dismissals
• Code of good practice: dismissal (Schedule 8)
• Understanding the categories of dismissals
• Dismissals on the grounds of misconduct
• Dismissals on the grounds of incapacity
• Dismissals for poor work performance
• Dismissal on the grounds of Ill health or injury
• Dismissals on the grounds of operational requirements
• The effective date of dismissals
• Disputes about unfair dismissals, the burden of proof, remedies

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