Welcome to HR Ken

HR Ken has specifically been designed to enable employers, business owners and individuals alike, access to the many labour issues that we are confronted with on a daily basis and how best to deal with them. The information displayed on this site endeavors to keep things simple and provide relevant, easy to understand solutions to problems that occur with frequently asked questions and answers provided for easy reference after each topic discussed.

Why use HR Ken instead of other similar sites?

HR Ken gives simple understandable advice regarding labour matters and suggests straightforward preventative steps to manage a wide range of issues all on one site, as well as providing the necessary documents in ensuring that compliance is achieved whilst having easy access to the relevant acts regarding labour legislation. Currently we are also busy “simplifying” acts such as the LRA, BCEA, SDA and EEA in lay mans terms so that users are able to understand the crux of these often confusing pieces of legislation with relative ease. Most other sites related to Labour issues use case judgments as their points of discussion which for the ordinary business owner is not always relevant nor does he/she have the time and unless one actually accesses that specific case and examines it in its entirety it is of limited use to the employer. In many instances these sites also make use of legal expertise which besides being costly to use does not always assist the employer in addressing his/her actual problem as there is normally a legalistic approach which in many cases is lost to the employer. The advice and/or suggestions that appear on HR Ken have evolved over more than seventeen years of hands on experience in the HR industry taking into account numerous case studies and awards made regarding labour issues. HR Ken acknowledges that a lot of our labour legislation can be interpreted in different ways and this has also been carefully considered and cognizance taken thereof when supplying information. In a nut shell HR Ken examines and interprets various labour issues and/or rulings on your behalf and provides you with the solution to the problem, without you having to do all the research, or employing someone to do it on your behalf. HR Ken can be used by your business as an HR reference tool which is relevant, simple, easy to use and considerably less expensive than employing someone full time or using legal practitioners unnecessarily.

What services are provided and what costs are involved?

From as little as a monthly fee of R99-00 (Ninety Nine Rand) subscribers will be able to access all information provided on the HR Ken site which includes:

Certain documents such as employment contracts, recognition and other agreements, as well as disciplinary and all other HR related documents can be downloaded and used as required. (All of these documents comply with minimum requirements, but can also be adapted or added on to suit individual needs.).
Subscribers will be able to purchase certain documents at a discounted price besides those documents offered for free on the site.
Subscribers who require specific documents which do not reflect on the site can do so by enquiring about this on the forum and these will then be supplied at a nominal cost
Every fortnight a new topic/issue will be discussed and questions and answers pertaining to that discussion will be posted
Access to all topics discussed thus far including FAQ’S of those topics
Simple navigation to access websites relevant to Human Resources/labour matters like the Department of Labour and the CCMA
Companies can advertise their business on HR Ken provided that they are bona fide subscribers
Updates on any labour legislation changes that might take place from time to time.
Suggestions and/or comments by subscribers can be posted and discussion topics requested which will make the site even more relevant to individual needs

Currently HR Ken has a number of discussion articles with questions and answers covering a wide range of common labour problems which arise continuously (see article section) to which you the subscriber will have instant access to and enable your company to address any of these problems that you might currently be confronted with. Remember that a new discussion topic will be added every fortnight so that the reference material becomes more comprehensive and will enable you to handle almost any issue that might crop up at your workplace at any given time.

Check out the free topic discussions on this site which will give you an idea of the information and service that HR Ken offers.