14 September 2006
Details
Date: 30 - 31 October 2006
Venue: Ingwenya Country Escape, Johannesburg
Theme: "Towards effective discipline management for improved service
delivery"
Background and purpose
The approved work plan for the Directorate: Labour Relations reflects that
one of the outputs for the financial year is to host a conference on
discipline. This stems from a need to place discipline in the spotlight so as
to improve the management thereof, and thus contribute to more effective
service delivery.
Courses on the application of discipline are plentiful and departments,
through the labour relations policy for the public service, are encouraged to
ensure that employees are trained to effectively represent the employer in
disciplinary hearings and to chair such hearings. The conference does not
intend to duplicate these aspects of discipline but rather concentrate on
broader and strategic issues pertaining to discipline in the public services
such as:
* the legal environment within which discipline operates
* case law trends that apply to discipline
* the role of labour relations officers in the management of discipline
* challenges facing chairperson/representatives in discipline
* anti-corruption initiatives and misconduct.
It is envisaged that the conference will also serve as an information
sharing opportunity and a learning network. It will furthermore allow the
representatives from the various departments to network, which will in turn
contribute to cross-departmental assistance in disciplinary matters.
The proposed theme for the conference is, "Towards more effective discipline
management for improved service delivery".
Target audience
The target audience for the conference will be labour relations
practitioners as well as line managers who regularly participate in
disciplinary cases, especially those Senior Management Service members who
serve on the panel dealing with cross-departmental disciplinary cases and who
attended the disciplinary training course for high profile cases.
Registration
Please register on the following website:
* http://www.accomoptions.co.za
logged as "Conference on Discipline Management in the Public Service" or
* contact Anja Serfontein, email her at anja@accomoptions.co.za
Enquires:
Dorothy Ngqolombe
Tel: (012) 336 1047
Issued by: Department of Public Service and Administration
14 September 2006
Source: Department of Public Service and Administration (http://www.dpsa.gov.za)
