Course in Practical Labour Law (72710)
Course in Practical Labour Law (72710)
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)