Disciplinary, Termination, Layoff and Domestic Inquiry

Course Objectives 

Upon completion of this program, participants will:

• Understand the type of termination
• Understand retrenchment and its implication on employee
• Know the layoff procedures
• Know the trade disputes and industrial action
• Knowing the importance of discipline at the workplace

This programme is designed to familiarise participants on the do’s and don’ts in conducting a Domestic Inquiry and the procedures that must be adhered in conducting a Domestic Inquiry. The course will include a presentation on the concept, processes, roles and responsibilities in conducting a Domestic Inquiry. Also, the participants would be given an opportunity to participate in a mock Domestic Inquiry where they would be able to experience various roles such as Chairman, Panel Member, Prosecutor and Accused. Participants upon completion of this course would be competent in handling a Domestic Inquiry.

Target Audience

• Directors
• HR Managers
• Executives
• Officers
• Human Resource Practitioners

Methodology

• Real-Time Presentation
• Interactive Lectures
• Group Sharing/Discussion
• Case Study

Course Modules

Module 1: Parties In The Industrial Relations System

• Parties in the Industrial Relations System
• Employment Legislation
• The Industrial Relations Act

Module 2: The Employment Act And Related Act

• Individual Employment Contract
• Written and oral Contracts
• Terms & Conditions of the Contract of Employment
• Express Terms in a Contract of Employment
• Changing the Terms of a Contract
• Duration of the Employment Contract

Module 3: The Disciplinary Action

• What are Disciplinary Procedures?
• How to identify disciplinary problems?
• How does an employer tie up with employee discipline?

Module 4: Types Of Misconduct

• What is misconduct?
• Principles of natural justice
• Duties and obligations of an employer/worker
• Misconduct
• Condonation
• Due Inquiry

Module 5: Section 10-14- Employment Act On Termination 1980

• Notice to Terminate a contract
• Termination for Misconduct
• Amount of termination and layoff benefit
• Written particulars on termination and lay-off
• Termination and its implication
• Layoff procedures

Module 6: Types Of Misconduct

• What is misconduct?
• What is Domestic Inquiry?
• Strengthening the employment framework in the company.
• Circumstances Where an Employer Can Terminate an Employee Immediately
• How Unfair Dismissal Complaints Affect the Employer When a Domestic Inquiry (DI) Is Not
• Conducted
• Recommended Punishments and Sentences for Guilty Employees

Module 7: Domestic Inquiry Procedures

• When is it necessary to do Domestic Inquiry
• Preliminary Investigations
• Selection of Inquiry Panel
• Independence of the Panel
• Composition of the panel of inquiry
• Hearing of the Domestic Inquiry
• Carrying out the Domestic Inquiry Hearing
• Prosecution, defence and the burden of proof
• JTK and Labor Court