Labour Relations Handbook, The

Product Details:
Author(s):
Deale, P and
Pons, A
Year Published:
1989
Edition
Type:
Print | Loose-leaf
Language:
English
About this publication
The Labour Relations Handbook is a comprehensive guide to managing for productive labour relations in a rapidly changing South Africa. First published in 1989 and regularly revised, this looseleaf publication has proved invaluable to managers, human resources and labour relations practitioners, trade unions, attorneys and students. Each section provides clear explanations of legal principles, practical answers, guidelines and policies/procedures to facilitate organisational growth through empowering people.
Key Features
 
Key aspects of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 are highlighted
Trade union structures, memberships and strategies are considered in the light of “the new era”
Effectively addresses the implementation of workplace forums
Offers practical approaches to managing perennial labour issues
Includes a glossary of labour relations terminology to facilitate understanding
Regularly updated
Content
Key industrial relations areas
Handling counselling and discipline effectively and the grievance procedure
Workplace forums and meaningful participation
Effective communication between managers and employees
Trade unions and organisational rights
Collective/recognition agreements
Managing industrial action
Dealing with retrenchments
Safety in the workplace
Establishing conditions of employment
Dispute settlement processes
The Labour Court
Labour legislation – a guide
Dealing with AIDS in the workplace
Information disclosure and collective bargaining
Affirmative action
The Reconstruction and Development Programme
Interest / Benefit to
Line managers
Human resource professionals
Labour relations practitioners
Union officials