Course in Practical Labour Law (72710)

Short Learning Programmes

Duration: One year

Target group:

Industrial relations practitioners, human resources managers, trade union officials, lawyers

Admission requirements:

Senior Certificate an equivalent NQF level 4 or qualification

Registration periods:

15 January until 31 March.
FEES: R8000,00 AND PAYABLE IN FULL DURING REGISTRATION.

Course leader details:

Lecturer: Adv. Kwena Kubjana
Telephone number: 0124296179
Email: kubjakl@unisa.ac.za
Building: Cas van Vuuren Building
Office: 4-92

Programme administrator:

Admin Officer
Unisa Centre for Lifelong Learning
360 Lillian Ngoyi Street, Pretoria Central
Solomon Mahlangu Building 2nd floor
Tel: 012 352 4288
Email address: UCL@unisa.ac.za
Application Link: www.unisa.ac.za/applyslp

Purpose statement:

This short learning programme aims to give trade union officials, shop stewards, small entrepreneurs, and line managers with little or no formal labour law training a first introduction to and a sound knowledge of those aspects of employment law that they may encounter on a daily basis in the workplace. They will also be given the necessary skills to apply this knowledge in practice

Modules:

CPLL01D - Practical Labour Law

Content:

The contract of employment
Basic conditions of employment (including the work that an employee has to do; wages; ordinary working hours; overtime; leave; lunch breaks; and notice periods)
Exercising discipline and managing performance
Dismissal, discrimination and unfair labour practices
The resolution of labour disputes
A brief overview of some aspects of collective labour law (collective bargaining; strikes and lock-outs; replacement labour; picketing; and dismissal of strikers)