South African Employment Relations In Context.

Cover -- Title Page -- Endorsements -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- List of figures and tables -- About the author -- Preface -- Chapter 1 South African employment relations in context -- Introduction -- Employment relations: An historical overview -- British influence on the early South African labour movement -- Communist footprint -- Anti-apartheid revolt -- Post-apartheid South Africa -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Labour migration -- Employee demography -- The need for employee relations in South Africa -- Employee relations climate -- Trust, or the lack thereof -- Chapter 2 The role and purpose of employee relations in the South African workplace -- Introduction -- Role-players within employee relations -- Role of employee relations -- Purpose of employee relations -- Employee relations as a strategic priority -- A different approach -- The challenge -- Chapter 3 Contemporary employee relations: An overview -- Introduction -- Erratic strike season -- Wildcat strikes and their unpredictability -- Unconventional wage demands -- Foreign employees' labour rights -- The probation period -- Dismissal for poor performance during probation -- Procedure -- Credit and criminal background checks: Faux pas -- What employers can check -- Chapter 4 Sufficiently representative trade union access to the workplace -- Introduction -- Trade union recognition -- Majority and sufficiently represented trade union access to the workplace -- The LRA and sufficiently represented trade unions -- Organisational rights -- Sufficiently representative trade unions' right to strike -- Challenges faced by sufficiently representative trade unions -- Sufficiently represented unions: The last straw -- Organisational rights under the LRA -- Pending employment legislation -- Freedom of association -- Realising access to the workplace -- Chapter 5 Union density.

Introduction -- Role of the union -- Reasons for joining trade unions -- Trade union density -- Reasons for the decline in union membership -- Future of unions -- Trade union density in South Africa -- Chapter 6 Collective bargaining and negotiation: A South African landscape -- Introduction -- History of collective bargaining -- Theories of collective bargaining -- Approaches to collective bargaining -- The legislative framework of collective bargaining -- Elements that constrain collective bargaining -- Conflict control mechanism -- General negotiation options -- Preconditions for problem solving -- Critical aspects of negotiations -- Collective bargaining in South Africa -- Chapter 7 Temporary employment -- Introduction -- Labour amendments and the temporary employee -- Fixed-term contracts -- Part-time employee -- Employment Services Act, 4 of 2014 -- Private employment agents -- The road ahead -- Chapter 8 Employee voice -- Introduction -- Mechanisms for employee voice -- Employee involvement and participation -- Communication -- Chapter 9 Constructive dismissal: An avenue seldom travelled -- Introduction -- Constructive dismissal -- Potential signs of a constructive dismissal case -- The onus of proving constructive dismissal -- An avenue seldom travelled -- Chapter 10 Women in the workplace: Factors that mitigate maternity leave -- Introduction -- International practices -- Pregnancy and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 -- Paid maternity leave -- Mitigation of maternity leave -- Pregnant job applicants -- Maternity leave for foreign nationals -- Dismissal due to pregnancy -- Difficulties when identifying the true reason for dismissal -- Implications for HR practitioners -- Chapter 11 HIV/AIDS and pregnancy -- Introduction -- HIV/AIDS as a workplace issue -- Myths associated with HIV and pregnancy.

Risks related to HIV/AIDS and pregnancy -- HIV-infected mothers and the need to remain positive and healthy -- Influences on infant feeding -- HIV-positive mothers and the law -- Breastfeeding and its impact on the workplace -- Type of facilities needed for breastfeeding breaks -- Legislation protecting pregnant and breastfeeding women -- HR support for HIV-positive moms -- Chapter 12 Code of Good Practice on the handling of Sexual Harassment -- Introduction -- Definition of sexual harassment -- Application of the Code -- Role of the employer -- Policy on the Code of Good Practice on the handling of Sexual Harassment -- Procedure pertaining to the Code of Good Practice on the handling of Sexual Harassment -- Resolving the sexual harassment issue -- Role of the trade unions -- The way forward -- Chapter 13 Workplace bullying -- Introduction -- Workplace bullying -- Types of bullying -- Signs of organisational bullying -- Consequences of workplace bullying -- Why and when does bullying occur? -- Workplace bullying by gender and race -- Racial minorities -- Why employers should care -- The practical application for HR practitioners -- The need for further research on workplace bullying -- Chapter 14 Repercussions of workplace gossip -- Introduction -- The origin of the word 'gossip' -- Views on gossip -- Gossip in various contexts -- Different types of gossip -- Consequences of gossip -- Gossip and dismissal -- Misconduct -- Fair procedure and the grounds for dismissal -- Decisions based on gossip -- Chapter 15 HIV/AIDS and the role of the HR practitioner -- Introduction -- HIV/AIDS prevalence -- Inform your employees and understand their fears -- Introduce HIV/AIDS training programmes -- HIV/AIDS increases costs in a number of ways -- HR professionals should know the facts -- Basic guidelines on conducting an impact study.

Management strategies for dealing with the impact of HIV/AIDS in the workplace -- HIV/AIDS policy -- Developing an HIV-prevention education programme -- Laws protecting people living with HIV/AIDS in the workplace -- Direct and indirect discrimination -- HIV/AIDS testing -- Monitoring and evaluation tools -- References -- Index -- Back cover.

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