Your business is growing and ramping up! You are going to be employing new staff and need to ensure you have a few things in place such as a job description and performance management contract for each employee. You need to give some thought to how you will ensure your workplace is free from unfair discrimination. In addition, you need to put the following policies and processes in place:

Policy around the Skills Development Act Policy on Occupational Health and Safety

Process to deal with disputes in-house a. Use the template in the Module 4 notes to design a job description and performance management contract for a new employee. Do not copy and paste from a website, or your workplace - use your own words! b. Describe how you would go about ensuring that your workplace is free from any form of unfair discrimination. Please make sure you also consult the Employment Equity Act. c.

Summarise,

in bullet points, what you would put in a policy to cover the Skills Development Act. Do not copy and paste from an existing policy you have found on the web or at work - write it in your own words! d. Do some research online and jot down some key principles of policy formulation around occupational health and safety. Design a simple policy for staff on occupational health and safety. Remember that you want to protect your employees, and yourself, as employer, from risk. e. How would you deal with a dispute in-house if an employee had a grievance? Design a simple flowchart with timelines.