KWA offers a tailored and personalised industrial relation services to enable our clients to focus on their core business, while our team of attorneys take care of labour and employment matters.

We advise clients and give opinions on a wide range of non-litigious employment law matters and commercial matters with employment law implications. We also offer Industrial Relations Manager and Human Resources Manager Services ad hoc or on retainer, which include: 

Industrial Relations:

We assist our clients with managing:

• Dismissals and disciplinary processes;
• Retrenchments, redundancies and transfer of business;
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Wage negotiation and structuring of remuneration packages;
• Strikes, go-slows, stay-aways and picketing; 

Human Resource Management

• Drafting and implementation of employment contracts.
• Formulation of company policies and procedures.
• Workplace analyses, job profiles and job grading;
• Recruitment, selection and internal staffing.
• Appraisal, performance, development and career management.
• Human resources administration, policy and procedure implementation.

Representation:

• Constitutional Court litigation;
• Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court litigation;
• CCMA litigation and Bargaining Council litigation;

Compliance:

• Establishing compliance with statutory labour relations requirements.
• Providing contracts of employment, employment policies and disciplinary codes
• BBB – EE and Employment Equity compliance;
• Workplace Skills Plans;

Training:

To help guide clients through the intricacies of employment law, we present seminars and run customised training sessions and workshops on a range of employment issues.