The course consists of the following modules:
- Introduction to the systems and structures of Labour Law (including jurisdictional issues)
- Distinguishing between individual & collective Labour Law
- Individual Labour Law and the global context, individual Labour Law and the Constitution
- Sources of Labour Law
- The meaning of employee
- The labour broker relationship
- The meaning of dismissal, substantive and procedural fairness in unfair dismissal disputes
- Dismissals on the basis of misconduct, incapacity and operational requirements
- Automatic unfair dismissals
- Distinguishing between misconduct, incapacity and operational requirements (including remedies and procedure)
- Pre-dismissal arbitrations
- Unfair labour practices
- Dispute resolution processes in individual Labour Law disputes;
- Individual employment rights and obligations arising from the Basic Conditions of Employment Act
- Employment equity, affirmative action and unfair discrimination, and
- The Skills Development Act.
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