- The sudden change in legal, economic, social, and political orders holds far reaching effects for labour relations in South Africa. Everyone is affected by these changes brought about by numerous new legislative changes.
- As an entrepreneur or director your business is very dear to you – it runs on your initiative, your time and naturally you make all the business decisions. Or do you? What role does your labour force have in decision making? What do they do if they don’t approve of your decisions – in fact just what kind of say does your labour force have in decision making? What kind of say should they have?
- What happens when one of your staff is not performing, or refuses to comply with the standards of the business? What happens when a Trade Union arrives on your doorstep and begins to speak of issues that you were not even aware of? What can you do if you disagree with the Unions – can you disagree?
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About Peter Dixon
Peter Dixon is the CEO of the Peter Dixon Consulting Group with over 25 years’ experience in strategic Industrial Relations.
After nearly a decade with one of South Africa’s largest COSATU affiliate Unions, specializing in conflict resolution and labour law, Peter consulted in various Senior Management and Executive positions with large corporate companies, applying organizational and labour relations change strategies with a phenomenal success ratio.
Over the past 25 years, Peter has provided outsourced HR and Labour Relations functions to an impressive list of clients including SAB, National Sorghum Breweries, Argent Industrial Group, General Electric and was appointed as the Interim Human Resources Executive for Mossgas to simplify the merger between Soekor and PetroSa.
His practical and non-theoretical approach to labour relations, combined with hands on experience has allowed corporate clients to remain at the leading edge of change.
The consultancy currently retains over 20 corporate clients and attends to an average of 15 CCMA arbitrations per month. The consultancy interfaces with numerous wage negotiations, disciplinary enquiries, and strategic labour law policy directives for businesses, allowing corporate clients to concentrate on their core business operations.
The now trending management of strikes, wildcat protests and union dialogue contribute to a large portion of the consultancy’s client interface.
Peter also conducts relevant and practical training courses in labour relations and dispute resolution initiatives, he was the President of the Roodepoort Chamber of Commerce and Industry and for the past 15 years has been serving as an active member of the SA Police Reservists.
The consultancy maintains a healthy respect amongst the CCMA Commissioners in SA and are members of a large Employers Organisation as well as members of the SA Security Association.