The New Code of Good Practice – Webinar
9 April 2026 | 10:00-13:00

Dismissal under the LRA: Misconduct, Incapacity & Operational Requirements

About this webinar

After 23 years, the Code of Good Practice: Dismissal has been amended. It provides for simplified pre-dismissal procedures for small businesses and more comprehensive guidelines to larger enterprises concerning procedural and substantive fairness of dismissals.

Topics to be covered will include:

• Foundational principles
• Procedural fairness
• Informal versus formal procedures
• When dismissal is justified
• Dismissal and industrial action
• Probation
• Incapacity
• Misconduct
• Operational requirements (retrenchment)

Benefits of attending

Delegates will gain an in depth understanding of the new Code of Good Practice: Dismissal and its application to small and large enterprises. Delegates will be trained on the requirements for fair dismissal in respect of all recognized categories of dismissals (misconduct, incapacity and operational requirements).

Background to this presentation

The amended Code is is welcomed as it now provides for the dilution of rigid and protracted dismissal processes which apply to small businesses and in respect of employment on probation.

Presenter
Michelle Naidoo
Partner Mooney Ford Attorneys

Michelle started her career in the field of employment and labour law in November 1996 when she was appointed as an Associate to a Judges of the Labour Court in South Africa, when the new Labour Court of South Africa was established. After her court experience, Michelle was admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2002. She has specialised in Employment & Labour Law and Employment Equity compliance for the past 23 years.

Michelle has served as an acting Judge of the Labour Court on three occasions during 2013, 2024 and 2025. Michelle is frequently sought after to Chair complex disciplinary enquiries, to conduct sensitive grievance enquiries and investigations and to facilitate large-scale retrenchment processes. Michelle thrives as a litigator, a trainer, labour lawyer, employment equity compliance specialist and content creator

Date
9 April 2026 (10:00 – 13:00)

Closing date for registrations: 8 April 2026

Certification
Attendance is mandatory to qualify for a certificate.

Who should register?

• Labour law Legal Practitioners
• HR and labour relations practitioners
• Employers and managers responsible for dismissals
• Trade union representatives
• CCMA or bargaining council practitioner

Registration
Registration fee categories (including VAT):

Practising Legal Practitioners: R1 340.00 (including VAT) per participant
Candidate Legal Practitioners: R 670.00 (including VAT) per participant
Others | Non-legal Practitioners: R 2 140.00 (including VAT) per participant

How to register

Kindly note that registrations are done online. For certification purposes, participants should register individually, using their own email address. This will enable the system to generate a unique username and password for each person.

STEP 1:

Payment should be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT) only. You are required to upload the proof of payment (PDF) in step 2 – (Online registration form). Should an invoice be required to effect payment, replace the proof of payment document with a note (Word) requesting an invoice.

LSSA banking details: Account name: Law Society of South Africa | Bank: FNB Pretoria | Branch code: 251445 | Account no: 6200 9641 079 | Reference: Surname, Initials and Cellphone

STEP 2:
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STEP 3:

Once you have registered to participate, you will receive a system-generated confirmation e-mail that we have received your registration documentation. Twenty-four hours before the course starts, you will receive an e-mail with the link to the course (Microsoft Teams) as well as your course material . Read the instructions in the e-mail carefully. If you do not receive this said email, please check your Spam / Junk folder, or e-mail Seminars@LSSALEAD.ORG.ZA, the day before the Webinar start.

Attendees must ensure that they have access to MS Teams well in advance. Kindly test your link as soon as you get it.

For more information about this course contact Seminars Department:
Email: Seminars@LSSALEAD.org.za .

Please take note

• The LSSA will not accept liability if the fees are not paid into the designated LSSA bank account.
• The course is conducted in English only.
• The course will be delivered through MS TEAMS. Please ensure that you have MS TEAMS installed on your computer prior to the commencement of the course.
• Please note: In accordance with company policy and copyright protection, no recordings or PowerPoint presentations will be shared. Additionally, unauthorized recording or transcription is not permitted, as it may violate LSSA’s organizational or class policies.
• You will receive the material as well as the link to the course via email, +-24 hours before commencement of the course. Test your links as soon as you receive these links.
• If you do not receive the said email, look in your junk mail folder. If it is not there, contact Seminars@LSSALEAD.org.za.
• No cancellations will be accepted after the course material and link have been shared. Participants who do not cancel timeously and/or fail to attend the course will forfeit the amount paid towards this course.
• Should you need to cancel your registration, you need to do so in writing before the course link and material are shared. No cancelation will be accepted after it has been made available and failure to comply with this will result in the full fee being charged.
  LSSA/LEAD shall have the right in its sole discretion to postpone or cancel tuition in any programme initially advertised and offered based on insufficient demand.
• Should LSSA/LEAD cancel the proposed training, registered delegates will be given reasonable notice of the cancellation and all fees paid by the delegate will be refunded.