The Human Resources Essential Self-Study Vault is a practical, South African-focused learning package designed to help learners understand and manage the full employee lifecycle with confidence. This self-study programme brings together the essential HR, payroll, compliance, remuneration, workplace procedure, employee wellbeing, and data privacy knowledge needed to support a legally compliant and professionally managed workplace.
Rather than treating HR as a collection of separate topics, this vault follows the natural flow of HR within a business: from setting up compliant employment practices, to managing pay and remuneration, handling discipline and dismissal fairly, navigating retrenchments and incapacity, and maintaining safe, ethical, and compliant people operations.
This package is ideal for HR professionals, payroll practitioners, business owners, line managers, office administrators, and aspiring HR practitioners who want practical guidance on applying HR principles correctly in the South African workplace.
COURSES INCLUDED IN THIS VAULT:
COMPLIANCE AND FOUNDATIONS: 1. Intro to Business HR and Payroll 2. Employment Contracts & HR Policies – From Offer to Exit 3. Getting BCEA Compliance Right
SALARY STRUCTURING: 4. Key Aspects of Remuneration, Strategies & Salary Structuring 5. Types of Salary Structures 6. Developing a Remuneration Strategy
PROCEDURES AND FAIRNESS: 7. Disciplinary Procedures and Substantive Fairness 8. Fair Dismissal Practices for Employers 9. Retrenchments – Section 189 and 189A + Business Structuring 10. Incapacity – Poor Performance, Ill-Health and/or Injury
HEALTH & SAFETY, WELLNESS AND PRIVACY: 11. Health & Safety, COIDA + Wellness Integration 12. HR Data, Privacy & Records – POPIA in People Operations
