SALGA annual report 2016/17 SALGA ANNUAL REPORT 201617 PRINTED FINAL | Page 260

Human resource management

Workforce Age Group Distribution

The average employee age of employees of SALGA remains at 38 years. The graphic below indicates that the majority of employees fall between the age bracket of 30-39. This is evident of a maturing workforce and is in line with SALGA becoming a maturing organisation.

Tabulated below is the nature of labour relations matters and their numbers.

EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAMME

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

Employee relations is a process that ensures that there is a sound employment relationship between the employer and employees. It ensures fairness when it comes to issues of discipline and grievances. SALGA has an Employment Management Relations Policy which serves as a guide as it makes provision for a code of conduct, grievance procedure, disciplinary procedure, appeals procedure.

As a result, SALGA tries to ensure that it complies with the policy and adheres with the timeframes as stipulated.

Labour Relations: Misconduct and disciplinary action

During the period under review the organisation had 36 instances( 2016: 26 instances) of labour matters. At reporting date 23 instances were finalised while 13 instances were still pending.

Formal disciplinary action was taken against 10 employees( 2016: 15 employees) for misconduct. None of the instances of misconduct related to financial misconduct.

As part of SALGA’ s value proposition to its employees the organisation has an employee wellness programme. The organisation recognises the need for an all-encompassing employee wellness( EW) programme that is harnessed to ensure a well-rounded workforce in terms of physical wellness; emotional wellness and a generally balanced workforce to secure the skills required to execute the organisation’ s mandate effectively.

The organisation has outsourced part of its wellness programme to a service provider( CAREWays) which enables the organisation to provide tailor-made support to SALGA employees and their specific needs. The employee wellness programme incorporates the following programmes, amongst others:

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