Advice on complex
Human Resources issues
Advice on complex
Human Resources issues
IR-Services is a professional and motivated broad-based, black empowered consulting service. The company is geared to provide customers with innovative human resource solutions and to foster ongoing employer and employee relationships.
Professional and motivated broad-based, black empowered consulting service.
Keeping current with labour legislation and compliancy, IR-Services has intentionally positioned itself to assume a leading role in guiding clients through the veritable minefield, that is the South African labour market.
With an established regional (KZN & Gauteng) infrastructure and long standing strategic alliances, IR-Services enjoys the stability of a solid support system, and is able to mobilise human resources quickly and efficiently to satisfy each client’s requirements.
Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, IR-Services is able to provide expert assistance in the following areas:
The company delivers a cost effective and results-orientated service.
To deliver a holistic, value-added service that is cost effective – paying particular attention to the specific needs of clients – with the aim of establishing long term partnerships.
To continuously assess our methods and systems to ensure the updating and improvement of services on an ongoing basis.
To ensure the development and maintenance of mutual respect and understanding between the employer and employee and to promote employee loyalty and commitment.
To improve production outputs, reduce absenteeism and resolve all issues efficiently and fairly.
To promote employment equity and community upliftment.
IR-Services is a South African, privately owned, Black Economically Empowered company.
The company acknowledges that we are all responsible for the development of our rainbow nation through the advancement of Historically Disadvantaged Individuals (HDI), communities and companies. In acknowledging its responsibility towards redressing the imbalances of the past the company has adopted a four-point strategy, of which each point combines the key elements of Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment, Skills Transfer and Affirmative Action.
The company recognises that as a result of apartheid and other discriminatory laws and practices, there are disparities in employment, occupation and income within the national labour market and business environment.
Ultimately IR-Services shares the view that black economic empowerment should be seen as an integrated and coherent socio-economic process that directly contributes to the economic transformation of South Africa and will bring about significant increases in the numbers of black people that manage, own and control the country's economy.
Our primary asset is our employees and we acknowledge their role as stakeholders in our business through our values. In this regard we recognise that:
In seeking out ways to establish and retain a competitive advantage, an ever-growing number of organisations have recognised the benefits of allowing non-core activities to be managed by professional service providers. This obviously allows them to focus their time, effort and skill on their core activities.
As a specialist human resource provider IR-Services provides a cost effective solution to the management of permanent staff. The company delivers solutions tailor-made to meet clients’ variable human resource needs. A close working relationship with Unions in various industries is conducive to a greater understanding and co-operation between all parties involved.
IR-Services supplies and manages the full spectrum of staff levels from General Workers to Factory Managers on a temporary, contract and permanent basis. Specific industry expertise includes manufacturing, logistics (warehousing & distribution), food & beverage and packaging. Services include the supply and management of temporary staff, outsourcing of contract staff, supply and management of permanent staff, HR / IR management, on-site management & supervision, disciplinary procedures, payroll and administration services, including statutory deductions, processing and management. Specific areas of focus are:
IR-Services employs skilled consultants who oversee the staff complement on a daily basis. These consultants are trained in people management and HR/IR skills and take care of all employees wage, personnel, and other issues.
In addition to skilled consultants IR-Services offers a full human resource service. This includes drafting of employment contracts, issuing of all disciplinary documentation including verbal, written and final warnings. Assistance with drafting of disciplinary documents including charges. Impartial chairing of all disciplinary hearings. Drafting of all outcomes for disciplinary hearings, counselling and performance monitoring, union negotiations, CCMA, employee profiling and recruitment issues etc.
The IR-Services team has a clear understanding that workers must identify with the clients production goals and general standards of professionalism. The company therefore offer an integrated service where they are constantly working with clients to improve performance and productivity. The company takes particular pride in clients’ success.
IR-Services enjoys being challenged by clients to improve productivity levels and decrease absenteeism levels, theft, late coming, malingering, poor performance etc. etc.
What sets IR-Services apart from others in this field is an honest commitment to making clients business more efficient, profitable and productive.
Allows company management to focus on core business issues, rather than tying them up in the identification, selection, training, human & industrial relations and administration of personnel.
The compliance burden associated with personnel functions such as recruitment & selection, pay roll, administration, compensation, training, skills development, employment equity, affirmative action etc is greatly reduced.
Contract labour makes allowance for production and seasonal fluctuations. Labour is available when you need it and only for as long as you need it.
Using professional service providers permits the redirection of personnel resources between organisational activities. This allows organisations who are tuned in to their markets to respond rapidly to market demands.
By entering into a mutually beneficial relationship with IR-Services, clients are able to limit their risk by leveraging the knowledge and expertise of the company.
It is often prohibitively expensive for organisations to employ Human Resource, Industrial Relations & People Development specialists. A partnership with IR-Services will afford an organisation direct access to this expertise, with the obvious resultant benefits.
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