Online technology is coming to the rescue of employers that risk running foul of increasingly complex labour legislation, but cannot afford to ensure absolute compliance by setting up their own in-house HR departments.
LifeSense Human Resource Management, a Johannesburg-based HR consultancy focused on the needs of smaller companies, has developed the online Human Resource Risk Management Portal that is designed to keep employers labour law compliant, without incurring huge HR/IR consultancy costs.
Says LifeSense Human Resource Management MD Rodney de Villiers: "Smaller companies are on the rack. They cannot afford non-compliance. At the same time, they cannot afford to make their businesses uncompetitive by adding to their own fixed costs.
"They can now get off the rack by going online. Our online HR manual is a virtual HR/IR expert who is on call at a keystroke. Whether you need data or documentation, you just have to point and click.
"Costs have been collapsed into a monthly rental payment. This pay-as-you-go solution is highly tax-efficient and generates savings by ensuring that a company does not incur unnecessary costs relating to inadequate compliance with labour law."
According to De Villiers, in one area of labour law alone - CCMA procedures - small companies regularly risk substantial costs because they fail to meet technical requirements.
Almost 90% of cases lost at the CCMA are lost because of incorrect procedures on the part of the employer. The average value of a lost CCMA case is R15 000.
A key feature of the LifeSense online Risk Management Portal is the provision of documents and forms designed to ensure employer compliance with CCMA stipulations.
The manual`s online content also includes:
* Employment procedures (job applications and contracts of employment);
* Health and HIV/AIDS policy documents;
* Leave policy, retrenchment policy and other HR policy documents;
* Health and safety guidelines required in registers;
* Labour relations information, disciplinary procedures and codes; grievance procedures; strike action plans, union access agreements, enquiry notifications and warning letters;
* Employment equity policies, reports, requirements and documents;
* Current labour law information (LRA, Skills Development, Skills Levies, Basic Conditions of Employment and others);
* Frequently asked questions;
* Recruitment online; and
* Search facility.
The LifeSense online Risk Management Portal provides employers with instant information that is current and relevant.
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