“What are the advantages of outsourcing your HR and IR department, and why SA Labour Help?”, you may ask.
We believe the answer to be multiple benefits for your business, including, but not limited to:
The costs associated with outsourcing is significantly lower than to employ an HR or IR Manager. Suitably qualified and experienced HR or IR Managers often receive salaries in the region of R600 000 or more per annum. Depending on your company’s specific needs, our retainer should be 3 to 7 times lower than employing an HR or IR Manager or a full-sized HR team to carry all the HR functions.
In outsourcing there will be more than one (1) person to handle the issues that may arise. In larger companies, without a full HR department or team, the capacity of the person responsible for taking care of everything might be limited, causing matters to be neglected and resulting in the company being punished at the CCMA or Bargaining Council for same. Outsourcing offers the availability of more than one (1) person so that several matters can be taken care of simultaneously, without something being neglected.
The risk of going to the CCMA or Bargaining Council is reduced due to the objectivity and unbiased nature that is brought to the proceedings. Commissioners could question the impartiality of companies who chair their own disciplinary hearings or poor work performance investigations, which means that those companies need to provide evidence of the chairperson’s objectivity – this is difficult to do successfully, given that the chairperson often works with the person he or she is now disciplining. We do not have that challenge, for apparent reasons, and commissioners know the quality of our work and that we are impartial in all matters we handle.
SA Labour Help, as a member of the GDPEO, has the right to represent other members during CCMA proceedings, which eases the anxiety of CCMA proceedings for our clients, as we can handle it all on their behalf, and at a more affordable rate than many other consulting firms and legal representatives who also do not necessarily have the right to represent.
We have expert knowledge of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act as well as the Labour Relations Act. An HR and ER Manager might also be knowledgeable in this regard, however less specialised. We also stay up to date with the latest changes to the respective acts, to best advise our clients in accordance with best practice principles. An in-house HR Managers will have to join a professional council or continuously do self-study to equally stay up to date.
We have a 72 hour turn around time, which means that issues can be sorted out within a short period – a luxury that an HR Manager might not be able to bring, as their time will be divided between several other appointments, causing time delays and possible financial consequence. As we can offer more than one (1) consultant, time delays can be avoided.
We offer our clients ongoing knowledge transfer by way of advice, guidance, newsletters, seminars and direct consultations.
These are some of the advantages to outsourcing your HR and IR functions to us. We strive to be more than just another supplier but rather a business partner that knows and understands your business and has its well-being at heart.
