About Jane Holdsworth & Associates
Jane is a senior human resources practitioner, with 20+ years of expertise in South African Labour Law, Performance Management, and Policy Architecture.
She has successfully and respectfully interacted and negotiated with unions. She has navigated CCMA litigation with a proven track record of procedural fairness and risk mitigation. She firmly believes in an approach of empathy and respect.
Over the years Jane has developed good working relationships with trusted associates to meet HR areas which are extraneous to her own professional competence. Primarily, this includes payroll and staff event and workshop facilitation.
Services Offered
HR Audits to assess overall compliance to BCEA and LRA and good practice assessment
BCEA: Basic Conditions of Employment Act
LRA: Labour Relations Act
This is an "HR Health Check" and a fantastic compliance and HR audit tool.
In an hour or so we will look at the people aspects of your business, identify the risks and provide a list of things that need to be fixed or changed.
Disciplinary and Grievance Management.
Impartiality is a competence and is not always understood or even available to many managers. Call us in to assist in situations where impartiality and a sound understanding of labour law is required.
Strategic Documentation to support HR function.
The map is not the territory so things may be working really well without policy and procedure but when you get lost you do need to refer to a good map.
We can assist in formulating policy and procedure that links legal compliance and your specific company environment and needs.
Scribe Service for the drafting of tricky business letters or documents.
You know the message you want to give but it takes time and practice to formulate sensitive documents. We can help.
Communication workshops and events for managers and staff.
Communication is both the single most important aspect of success in people issues and the single most neglected aspect.
From simple round table discussions with teams, or middle and upper managers about how to improve and manage communication, to events and team building exercises – we can facilitate.
Cultural diversity workshops.
A simple and fun way to open dialogue about who we are and who you are.
Facilitation of Union negotiations.
We can assist in bringing impartiality and co-operation to potentially difficult meetings.
Payroll
We will introduce you to our trusted specialist associate who delivers basic bookkeeping and payroll services tailored to your needs including:
- Payroll and statutory submissions.
- Calculation and Submission of VAT Return.
- Tax Submissions.
- Financial information accurate and
up to date.
- Monthly Data Capture.
- Management Accounts.
- Bank Reconciliation.
- Year-end Financial Statement.
Employee wellness facilitation
Employee wellness facilitation and ‘soft issues’ can be the very ones that confound busy entrepreneurs. Call us to discuss and we will let you know if we can confidently assist you.
We will listen and facilitate appropriately in a safe space of confidentiality and respect.