WESSA Groen Sebenza Handbook 2021

Orienting you to key WESSA Policies

NAME OF POLICY

PURPOSE OF POLICY

To provide a uniform set of WESSA disciplinary rules and regulations which employees are expected to abide by and which managers are expected to enforce.

1 Disciplinary Policy

2 Grievance Policy The purpose is to formalise the procedure whereby employee complaints and grievances may be channelled and resolved at the lowest possible level within WESSA, as speedily as possible, and in a manner acceptable to the parties concerned.

The purpose of this policy is to clearly define the S&T related expenses that may be funded from project funds, to set out the conditions and authorisation required, and to clarify the various related processes and responsibilities. All interns should seek to minimise these expenses. WESSA will not pay a subsistence or travel allowance, however will reimburse staff for acceptable expenses incurred, whilst away from home and on official business. The purpose of this policy is to ensure fairness, consistency and compliance with applicable legislation by providing guidelines for dealing with employees who contract a life-threatening, notifiable or communicable illness. It is to create a working environment where employees who suspect that they might be suffering from a life- threatening illness can seek assistance and feel free to confide in their management regarding their suspected condition.

3 Subsistence and Travel Policy

4 HIV/AIDS, Life

threatening and notifiable diseases Policy

5 Racial

To ensure there is a coordinated and consistent approach to addressing/managing incidents of racial harassment.

Harassment Policy

6 Safety Policy

The purpose of this policy is to ensure safe working conditions and practices and to regulate the issuing of safety equipment and protective wear in the workplace.

7 Sexual

The purpose of this policy is to outline WESSA’s stance on sexual harassment and to set out a procedure to ensure that reported cases of sexual harassment are dealt with seriously, expeditiously and confidentially. The purpose of this policy is to provide employees who are abusing substances with the opportunity to be identified and re-habilitated in the earliest stages of dependency, to create awareness amongst management and employees of the nature of substance abuse, its effects on individuals and their families and the Company’s approach to assisting substance abusers. It is also to ensure fairness, consistency and compliance with the Occupational Health & Safety and Labour Relations Acts by providing guidelines for dealing with employees who report for work in an unfit condition or who partake of prohibited substances during working hours.

Harassment Policy

8 Substance

Abuse Policy

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