HR/IR Manager

• Jan 2022 - Present

Industrial Relations Manager

• Sep 2009 - Jan 2022

• Managing all IR Officers. • Maintaining sound industrial relations. • Advising and assisting senior management with all labour-related matters. • Leading wage and labour negotiations and disputes. • Leading and chairing disciplinary processes, enquiries and hearings. • Facilitating grievance processes. • Managing strikes. • Representing the Company in CCMA and Bargaining Council dispute proceedings. • Assisting external law firms in the application of Labour Court interdicts. • Assisting Payroll and Human Recourses departments. • Facilitating retrenchment processes. • Overseeing Section 197 of the Labour Relations Act transfers. Show less

Official

• Jan 2009 - Oct 2009

Owner and Consultant

• Nov 2007 - Dec 2008

Senior Organiser: Metal and Engineering

• Jan 1998 - Oct 2008

• Offered legal advice to Solidarity members. • Represented Solidarity and its members at the relevant dispute resolution forums and internal processes, i.e., disciplinary hearings, appeals, grievance hearings, section 189 processes and wage negotiations. • Obtained favourable judgments on behalf of members. • Received instructions and attend consultations accordingly. • Researched cases and formulated arguments. • Represented members during salary negotiations. • Drafted settlement agreements. • Led negotiations on behalf of Solidarity on National Forums, such as MEIBC and national negotiations within the Petro-Chemical Industry. Show less

Process Supervisor

• Feb 1992 - Dec 1997

Plant Superintendent / Acting Refinery Manager

• Jan 1988 - Sep 1991