Description
Everything an employer needs to be compliant — in one document
This Employment Contracts & Employee Handbook is a ready-to-use compliance pack for South African employers. It gives you a professionally drafted contract of employment for every category of worker, plus a complete set of workplace policies and disciplinary tools — the documents the CCMA, the Department of Employment and Labour, and a bargaining council will expect you to have in place.
Prepared by Laboured South Africa, an employer-side labour law and industrial relations consultancy founded by a former part-time CCMA Commissioner (2014–2024).
What’s included
- Three employment contracts — permanent, fixed-term and casual — each fully drafted and ready to complete.
- Disciplinary Code & Procedure, updated for the 2025 Code of Good Practice: Dismissal.
- Schedule of Offences — eight offence categories with sample charges and recommended sanctions.
- POPIA policy and employee consent form.
- Absenteeism, Attendance and Leave policies, including a Van Wyk parental-leave advisory.
- HIV & Discrimination, Vehicle, Alcohol & Drug, Sexual Harassment, Grievance, Smoking, Cell Phone and Electronic Communications policies.
- Ready-to-use templates — warnings, precautionary suspension, notice to attend a disciplinary hearing, grievance form and leave application form.
- Annexures — a Section 189(3) retrenchment consultation notice and a parental-leave advisory note.
Why this pack
- Current law. Aligned to the LRA, BCEA, POPIA, the 2025 Code of Good Practice: Dismissal, and the Constitutional Court’s Van Wyk parental-leave judgment.
- Employer-side. Written to protect the business while remaining fair and defensible at the CCMA.
- Ready to use. Complete it with your company particulars and issue it — no drafting from scratch.
- Backed by a specialist. Drafted by a labour law consultant who chairs hearings and represents employers at the CCMA and bargaining councils.
Who it’s for
Small and medium South African employers, HR managers, business owners, body corporates and franchisees who need compliant employment contracts and workplace policies without paying for a full custom drafting brief.
R2 500 once-off. Need it tailored to your industry, or a matching set of company-specific policies? Contact Laboured South Africa.
This is a template compliance document. It should be completed with your company’s particulars and, where a specific dispute arises, applied with professional advice.
