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SME labour law support

Practical, cited guidance for small and medium employers on managing the employment relationship — from hiring through to ending employment — organised the same way the CCMA & BUSA SME Labour Advice Web Tool organises it — but every topic here connects straight into Chat to Lex, so instead of reading generic guidance you can ask a live AI assistant about your actual situation and get a cited answer back.

This section doesn’t replace the CCMA & BUSA tool — it’s worth using both. We link out to it above; nothing here copies its text.

Recruitment & Appointing

Writing a Compliant Employment Contract

What South African employers must include in a written employment contract under the BCEA, and the common gaps that cause disputes later.

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Employment Equity

Preventing Unfair Discrimination in the Workplace

An employer's obligations under the Employment Equity Act to prevent unfair discrimination in recruitment, pay and treatment of employees.

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Handling Workplace Harassment Complaints

How employers should respond to harassment complaints under the 2022 Code of Good Practice on the Prevention and Elimination of Harassment in the Workplace.

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Managing Employees

Managing Probation Fairly

What South African employers can and can't do when managing a new employee's probation period, and why the fairness bar is lower — not absent.

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Running a Fair Disciplinary Process for Misconduct

The procedural and substantive fairness standard South African employers must meet when disciplining an employee for misconduct, per the LRA Code of Good Practice.

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Managing Poor Performance (Incapacity)

Why poor performance is handled as incapacity, not misconduct, under South African labour law, and the process employers must follow before dismissal.

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Ending Employment

Retrenchment: The Section 189 Consultation Process

The consultation process South African employers must follow for retrenchment (operational-requirements dismissal) under LRA sections 189 and 189A.

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Dismissing an Employee Fairly — The Overview

The two-part fairness test South African employers must meet for any dismissal — substantive and procedural fairness — and where to find the detail for each reason.

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Avoiding Automatically Unfair Dismissal

The dismissal grounds South African law treats as automatically unfair, with no defence available to the employer, and how to avoid them.

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Responding to a CCMA Referral

What happens after an employee refers a dispute to the CCMA, and what a South African employer needs to do to respond effectively.

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