• Recruit staff effectively;

• Prevent absenteeism; and

• Dismiss employees without worrying about the CCMA

Dear Manager,

Your new employee, Henry’s constantly absent without any valid reasons. He’s costing your company thousands and your boss is complaining because productivity is at an all-time low.

Dismissing Henry seems to be the only option but you’re afraid he’ll go to the CCMA. To make matters worse, his wife’s the company’s secretary and you don’t want the office to have a negative attitude. Hiring a new employee will take time and cost you money.

Avoid ending up at the CCMA

This picture may seem a bit extreme and your circumstances may be different. But the truth is HR management isn’t as straightforward and simple as some make it out to be. The CCMA and the Department of Labour makes managing staff even harder as unhappy employees are quick to lodge a complaint.

But what if…

…. You knew how to legally deal with poor performers and never had to worry about the CCMA?

…. You never lost productivity time because you recruited the right person the first time?

…. You could prevent absenteeism in four easy steps?

I have the resource that’s making over 13 240 manager’s lives MUCH easier!

Today, I have an exclusive offer to all HR managers who take their jobs seriously. It’s a resource over 13 240 managers use to recruit staff effectively, prevent absenteeism and dismiss employees without worrying about the CCMA. We call it the Practical Guide to Human Resources Management and it covers all the bases in the management process from absenteeism to workforce planning.

A few of the topics include:

• Identify the hidden costs of absenteeism in your company and prevent it
• Stop absenteeism in four easy steps
• How to devise an absenteeism policy (including sample policy)
• Three reasons why you might want to dismiss and how to do it
• Be careful: When is a dismissal automatically unfair
• How to address the most common reasons for poor performance
• Dismiss an employee for poor performance in these instances
• How to deal with poor performance

Read on to find out how you can receive all this advice absolutely risk-free for two weeks.

The HR resource with 4 key differences

My name is Lia Marus and I have an exclusive offer for all managers who take their positions seriously. Together with a team of experts at FSP Business we’ve compiled a resource that managers call “excellent”, “practical” and “useful”.

What makes this guide different from HR handbooks?

You might say most HR guides are the same and if you’ve read one you’ve ‘read them all’. But the Practical Guide to Human Resources Management is different in four key-areas:

1.    It’s 100% legally referenced so you’ll never have to fear the CCMA again

The Practical Guide to Human Resource Management is fully referenced to the law. This means you don’t have to worry about things like the CCMA or Labour Law Court because all our information, tips and hints are backed-up by the law.

This practical guide has all the benefits of being legal without the legal jargon as it’s written in easy-to-understand English.

2.    Your own HR department at your service

When you subscribe to this handbook it’ll be as if you have a complete HR department at your service. It includes hints, tips, checklists, questionnaires, template forms, step-by-step instructions and practical examplesWith the Practical Guide to Human Resources Management a team of more than ten experts will guide you through topics like recruitment, performance management and labour relations. This team has many years of experience in the HR industry with backgrounds in HR management, law, human capital development and training.

The editor-in-chief, Janine Nieuwoudt, has worked in the Human Resources field in various industry segments, including IT, engineering, manufacturing and international banking for 20 years.

Having gained wide experience in the broad scope of HR and Strategic Management within these diverse corporate environments, Janine started a Management Consultancy, BMT Dimensions, of which she is the Managing Director.

Today her company runs a diverse portfolio of client services across the spectrum of business functioning, including: Skills Development, Business Strategy and Planning, Human Resources Management, Organisational Development, Business- and Process Re-engineering, Change Management, IT Management and Project Management.

But Janine is only one of a team of HR experts that will back you up when you accept this invitation.

Meet the rest of the team:

Liezel Blignaut (M Comm Personnel Management) –Director, Human Capital Business Solutions (Pty) Ltd. Liezel worked in various well-known organisations and HR consultant and management positions for 10 years before starting her own Consultancy in 2002. She is registered as a Master HR Practitioner with the SABPP (who is the custodian for HR standards and professionalism in SA). Liezel has also participated in a number of publications and conferences in her career.

Dr Kent McNamara (MA PhD (Wits) – Industrial Anthropologist. Dr McNamara has been an independent consultant since 1987 working in change management, team building, organisation culture, employee communications, diversity awareness, employment equity and corporate organisation redesign.

Desrae Connold – HR Specialist. Desrae has worked as a generalist in the HR field for over 28 years and is registered as a HR Practitioner with the SABPP. She’s been the managing member of Connold & Associates cc for over 14 years.

Elsabé Manning – HR Consultant. Elsabé is a consultant, executive coach, public speaker and author. Elsabé studied HR Management at RAU (now University of JHB). She has 13 years experience in training and development and she specialises in organisational and team development.

Janine dos Santos – (BA Hons Ind Psyc) – Director. Janine is the Director of HR Solutions. She’s been working in the field of education, training anddevelopment for eight years, specialising specifically in HumanResources for the last three years.

Marleen Potgieter – (BA, B Proc, HDipLabourLaw)–Managing Director. Marleen is managing director at Equity Works, Employment Consultants. She assisted in the drafting of the Employment

Equity Act and her specialties include employment structures in the workplace, mediation and dispute management.

Lee Randall – Consultant: Disability in the Workplace. Lee has 22 years experience gained in South Africa, NewZealand and the USA.  She writes, consults and trains ondisability in the workplace.  As a private occupationaltherapist she also provides medicolegal services, functionalcapacity evaluations and return-to-work interventions toattorneys, insurers, employers and individual clients.

Rob Bothma: Divisional manager at Q Data DynamiQue. The e-HR specialist within Business Connexion, Rob has been a part of the IT industry for 27 years and his involvement with HR systems has spanned over 15 years.

Helen Wilsenach (BA LLB). Senior associate in the employment law department (Bowman Gilfillan), Helen was admitted as an attorney in 2004. She advises mainly commercial employers. She has a varied practice that includes legal drafting, opinion and appearance work.

3.    For the manager who wants to be on top of current changes, new laws and better management styles

The problem with most HR resources is that they become out-of-date when the law changes or when there’s a new management style that’s proven to be more modern or effective. For example, how do you ensure your Employment Equity goals are met? A new Act or any changes in an Act meant you had to buy a new HR handbook. But it doesn’t have to be that way anymore!

The benefit of the Practical Guide to Human Resource Management is that it’s updated every 6-7 weeks. This means that you’ll always stay up to date on the latest information when it comes to HR issues. It also means you’ll never be caught on the wrong side of the law because you’ll always be up-to-date with legal changes.

4.    Daily reminders from the experts

As an HR manager you have many things to worry about, from motivating staff to dealing with poor performance. Dealing with deadlines and current labour issues should be one less thing to worry about.

That’s why, when you accept this invitation to try the Practical Guide to Human Resource Management we’ll send you daily reminders of current topics, management tips and HR trends. Some of the topics we’ve covered recently include:

• Are you prepared for these proposed amendments to the EE Act?
• How to clarify your religious leave policy
• Help your employees (and yourself) overcome that mental block
• 5 quick motivation tips you can use today
• How much time do you spend managing your employees?

Once you have the Practical Guide to Human Resources Management on your desk you’ll never need another HR resource again!

Respond to this invitation TODAY before

12 a.m. and I’ll give you a free HR Organiser

If you are one of the first 250 readers to reply to this invitation we’ll give you a free HR Organiser.

It’s the ultimate tool for managers who want to get started but can’t. It includes forms and policies to ensure your follow correct procedure and avoid record keeping and paperwork mistakes which can expose your company to legal liability like:

• Forms dealing with leave, loan applications, acknowledgement of debt, overtime, salary deductions and employee resignations
• Policies for employee desertion, special leave, unpaid leave and staff loans.

We’ve already helped over 13 240 managers to manage and motivate their staff effectively and we want to do the same for you. In fact, we’ve been so successful at helping managers with HR matters that they’ve been sending us thank-you letters. Here are a few extracts…

13 000 people can’t be wrong!

"This is a ‘never put it down’ handbook. Very informative and current. Whatever problem you encounter you have a solution and other people just wonder at your resourcefulness." - Augustine Sogoni

"Upon receiving the HR manual I found it to be excellent manual! It is an easy to use and transparent tool. I have just received an update which is brilliant as you cannot keep up-to-date with all changes happening every day without receiving these updates. Keep up the great work." - Victor Oakes

"Great resource tool." - T. Small

"Great help. Quick reference." - H. Nel, PFS Administration

"A very informative manual.The Labour relations and HR management information has helped us in our relationship with our employees. Thank you!" - S.C. Botha

"Your tips and techniques are working for me and are valuable to me as HR practitioner." - Carl du Plessis

"A very useful guideI refer to it on a regular basis." - Jan Viljoen

"It is brilliant – I refer to it all the time. Also very user friendly." - E Laubscher

"Really like the guide – find it very helpful." - Margie Graaff

"The manual is so helpful. I do not know how did I manage without it before." - N.P. Tshabalala

"Use the guide often and find it very helpful." - Ina Smit

"I must say I found it very useful. What I enjoy most is that it gets updated regularly." - M Mchunu

"The guide is absolutely great. I always feel that I have answers to any HR related matter." - N Tshayince

"I use it every day. It helps me a lot to handle work situations in the right way." - Tonia Schmidt

"A good reference guide for practical HR tips/tools. I.e. Hands on and user friendly – not academic and theoretical." - Kevin Marlow

"Very useful, practical and easy for all staff to get to grips with." - Christopher Hauper

  "It helps me a lot on organising my business. Thank you."   - T. A. Van Essen

Companies who use our practical handbook

It’s not only individual managers that benefit from step-by-step instructions, HR tools, tips and techniques but also larger companies. Companies that use the Practical Guide to Human Resources include:

Imagine never having to worry about the CCMA or labour court because you know the advice you’ve used is backed-up with the law. Or never having to stress because your company doesn’t have an entire HR department because you have a team of HR experts to back you up. What if no HR problem was too big to handle?

From today your HR worries can be something of the past

The last time we had an offer like this, our copies sold out! And that’s why I want you to be the first to know about this exclusive offer. When you reply to this invitation TODAY before 12 a.m. you’ll get a copy of the Practical Guide to Human Resources Management for a free two-week trial.

This means you’ll get the chance to page through and read our manual without paying for it up-front. You’ll get to try out the tips we have, use the practical advice and see for yourself how practical our manual is. If you decide that the Practical Guide to resources Management is not for you, we’ll tear up the bill.

A quick preview for those who can’t wait

For those who can’t wait for their Practical Guide to Human Resources Management, here’s a quick preview of what you can expect to find inside:

What you’ll receive when you accept this invitation

When you reply to this invitation today, you’ll receive the following:

• The Practical Guide to Human Resources Management @ R497 excl. Vat (that’s less than what a consultant charges for 2 hours!). This 500-page loose-leaf binder is one of the most practical HR guides. It will provide tips, tools and information to help you deal with issues like recruitment and selection, performance management, teambuilding, absenteeism and employee privacy. Each section contains
• Practical tools you can use right now
• Step-by-step instructions
• Checklists to make sure you haven’t forgotten anything
• Proven sample contracts, letters and forms
• Many immediately understandable examples. When you have this guide you won’t need any other HR resource!
• Free daily e-letter, The Labour Bulletin to keep you informed, up to date and motivated. This letter delivers management tips, advice and reminders straight to your inbox informing you of any changes in the Labour Act and current events relating to HR.
• Regular updates to keep you informed will be sent to you very 6 – 7 weeks at R1, 97 per page. These updates can be cancelled at any time.
• Complete access to all the past updates of the Practical Guide to Human Resources Management.

Take advantage of this offer today!

Recruit the right person the first time when you have your next interview. And when Henry’s absent again, simply turn to section A01 to find out how you can stop absenteeism in its tracks. Serious about dismissal? Say “you’re fired” without worrying about the CCMA.

With the Practical Guide to Human Resource Management you’ll never have to worry about the Labour Court or CCMA ever again. It’s as simple as answering one question:

Do you want to be part of this group of managers who knows how to…

• Use conduct to improve staff performance
• Monitor employees’ electronic communication legally
• Comply with the Employment Equity Act
• Increase revenue by 35% per employee with an effective HR strategy
• Encourage peak performance from your team
• Save hundreds of hours with a legally-compliant filing system
• Deal with poor performers
• Increase performance through your own emotional intelligence
• Avoid hiring the wrong candidate with six simple steps
• Claim back more than 50% of your skills development levy from our SETA
• Build rock-solid, high performance teams
• Avoid a R50 000 fine by implementing affirmative action and employment equity in your company

Dont wait...

Warm regards,

Lia Marus

PS. The Practical Guide to Human Resources Management will help you recruit the right person the first time, prevent absenteeism and deal with poor performers for only R497.00 excl. Vat. That’s less than what a consultant charges for two hours! And if you reply before 12 a.m today, you’ll also get a two week free trial.

PPS. If you are one of the first 100 readers to reply to this invitation you’ll get the HR Organiser absolutely free. This is for the manager who wants to get started but can’t and includes practical forms to make your job easier.