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PSC conducts roundtable discussions on Human Resource
Practices and the Management of Grievances and Discipline in
the Public Service
28 September 2012
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has conducted a
series of studies looking at the state of Human Resource
Management within the Public Service. A case in point is the
PSC’s Report on the Assessment of the State of Human
Resource Management in the Public Service which was
published in June 2010. This Report contained a number of
findings and recommendations. One of the recommendations
that came out in the report pointed out to the fact that the
human resource organisational strategy and planning in
the Public Service was still at its infancy stage.
Furthermore, the findings of the report also indicated that
not much progress has been made in so far as the
transformation of the Human Resource Management in in the
Public Service is concerned.
In addition, the PSC produced two reports relating to the
management of precautionary suspension and the management of
grievances within the Public Service during the 2011
Financial Year. These reports, highlights the challenges
faced by departments in managing the disciplinary and
grievance processes. The Report on the management of
precautionary suspension in the Public Service, specifically
looks at the extraordinary long periods that employees are
placed on precautionary suspension awaiting the finalisation
of the disciplinary process and the cost to the state.
Furthermore, the PSC conducted capacity workshops on
grievance management and discipline in the Public Service in
November 2011. Through these workshops as well as
interaction with departments, the PSC found that the level
of knowledge of members of the senior management services on
labour relations is inadequate and human resources broadly.
Furthermore, as a result of the hectic schedules of the
Executive Authorities as well as competing interests within
department on core functions and responsibilities, the
implementation of the HR and labour related matters do not
receive enough time at the highest levels within
departments.
It is on the basis of the above that the PSC will be
facilitating roundtable discussions with Top Management in
departments with the view to discussing the findings of the
above-mentioned PSC reports, listening to the challenges
experienced by the top management and mapping a way forward
for improvement in the execution of human resource and
labour relations practices at highest level in the Public
Service. The PSC trusts that the roundtable discussions will
go a long way in ensuring that the Public Service is
efficient and effective. In addition, the discussions will
contribute towards the identification of blockages hampering
improved Human Resource Management, Discipline and
Grievance Management processes in the Public Service, as
well as the identification of solutions to unblock such
hindrances.
The members of the media are invited to the roundtable
discussions to be held as follows:
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Date: |
2 – 3 October 2012 |
| Venue: |
St Georges Hotel, Irene |
| Time: |
09:00 – 15:00 |
Issued by the Public Service Commission
For enquiries, please contact:
Mr Humphrey Ramafoko; Director: Communication and
Information Service; Tel: 012- 352 1196; Cell: 082 782 1730;
Email:
humphreyr@opsc.gov.za: Or Mr Ricardo Mahlakanya; Deputy
Director: External Communication; Tel: 012- 352 1070; Cell:
079 769 7955; Email:
RicardoM@opsc.gov.za
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