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Apply Case Law And Judicial Precedents To Labour Related Issues Training

SAQA US 119936 | NQF 5 | Credits 6 | Duration 3 Days
From $967 per delegate

Description

This course equips learners with the ability to research, interpret, and apply case law and judicial precedents to labour-related issues within the South African legal framework. Participants will develop the skills to analyse relevant judgments and integrate them into workplace dispute resolution and decision-making processes.

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify and access authoritative sources of labour case law and judicial precedents.
  • Analyse and interpret relevant judgments to determine their applicability to specific labour issues.
  • Apply precedent-setting principles to resolve workplace disputes and grievances.
  • Evaluate the impact of recent labour court rulings on organisational policies and procedures.
  • Demonstrate the ability to cite and reference case law correctly in labour-related documentation.
  • Implement legal reasoning based on precedents to support fair and consistent decision-making.

Target Audience

This course is designed for HR practitioners, labour relations officers, union representatives, legal advisors, and managers who need to apply labour case law in their daily roles.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment.

Course Outline

Day 1: Foundations of Labour Law and Judicial Precedent

Objectives:
• Understand the South African legal system and the hierarchy of courts.
• Define judicial precedent and the doctrine of stare decisis.
• Explain the sources of labour law, including the Constitution, LRA, BCEA, and EEA.
• Identify the role of the CCMA and Labour Courts in labour dispute resolution.
• Distinguish between binding and persuasive precedents.

Topics:
• Overview of the South African legal system and court hierarchy.
• Doctrine of judicial precedent (stare decisis) and its application.
• Key labour legislation: Labour Relations Act, Basic Conditions of Employment Act, Employment Equity Act.
• The role of the CCMA, Labour Courts, and Labour Appeal Court.
• Binding vs persuasive precedents: when are lower courts bound?
• Reading and understanding case citations and headnotes.
• Introduction to landmark labour cases (e.g., Sidumo v Rustenburg Platinum Mines).
• Practical exercise: identifying ratio decidendi and obiter dicta.

Day 2: Application of Precedent in Specific Labour Issues

Objectives:
• Apply judicial precedents to unfair dismissal disputes.
• Analyse case law on misconduct, incapacity, and operational requirements.
• Evaluate precedents on unfair labour practices and discrimination.
• Understand the impact of Constitutional Court judgments on labour rights.
• Assess the use of foreign and international labour law precedents.

Topics:
• Unfair dismissal: substantive and procedural fairness precedents.
• Misconduct cases: key judgments on disciplinary procedures (e.g., Avril v SA Police Service).
• Incapacity and poor work performance: precedents on the duty to accommodate.
• Operational requirements dismissals: retrenchment case law (e.g., Fry’s Metals).
• Unfair labour practices: promotion, demotion, and benefits disputes.
• Discrimination and harassment: EEA and case law (e.g., Naidoo v Durban University of Technology).
• Constitutional Court influence on labour rights (e.g., NUMSA v Bader Bop).
• Workshop: applying precedent to a dismissal scenario.

Day 3: Advanced Application and Practical Integration

Objectives:
• Synthesise multiple precedents to formulate legal arguments.
• Critically evaluate conflicting precedents and distinguish cases.
• Prepare and present a mock CCMA arbitration or Labour Court application.
• Apply precedent to collective bargaining and strikes.
• Develop strategies for staying current with evolving case law.

Topics:
• Conflicting precedents: how to handle inconsistent judgments.
• Distinguishing cases: identifying material differences in facts.
• Precedent in collective bargaining: recognition, strikes, and lockouts.
• Review of recent significant labour judgments (e.g., on zero-hour contracts, gig economy).
• Mock arbitration: presenting arguments using precedent.
• Ethical considerations in using case law.
• Resources for ongoing legal research: SAFLII, Labour Law Reports.
• Action plan for applying case law in workplace practice.

Practicals

No practicals for this training.

This course is made up of exercises and case studies delivered alongside the theory — no separate practical sessions are required to complete it.

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course and a final summative test at the end.

Daily Exercises — 30%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 30% to the final total.

Final Test — 70%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 70% to the overall mark.

Final Total
Component Out of Weight
Daily Average (multiple choice) 100% 30%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice) 100% 70%
Final Total 100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

Certificate of Completion

Awarded to delegates who achieve an overall mark of 50% or higher on the Final Total (Daily Average 30% + Final Test 70%).

How it works
  • Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
  • Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
  • You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
  • If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.
Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

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