Gate 7 Human Resources, headed up by Max Hoppe, provides a wide range of human resources, labour relations and management services, which include:

• General consulting, special projects, executive assignments, business plans and motivations.
• Web based human resources and labour relations procedures and information systems.
• A wide range of templates and forms

The range of services include:

• Human Resources Information Systems
• Human resources Management
• Performance Management
• Productivity Improvement
• Absenteeism control
• Quality Management (ISO 9001:2000)
• Conditions of service
• Labour relations and labour law
• Training and development
• Strategic human resources management and planning
• Labour relations audits

Human resources information systems
All our reports, systems, policies and procedures are made available in easy to use electronic or web-based format.

• Our web-based human resources management system gives you easy access to all your policies, procedures, forms, etc. This is tailor made to suit your company's requirements.
• Employment Equity statistics are easily managed with our Excel based system, especially for the smaller business.

Human resources management
General human resources management consulting and developing personnel policies, procedures and systems:

• Job descriptions, job specifications and key performance indicators
• Recriutmetn and selection procedures
• Exit interviews
• Job classification and grading
• Performance management
• Manpower planning

Performance management
Need to improve performance levels?
We tailor performance management systems to meet specific needs and set up programs to monitor and improve performance.

Productivity improvement
Optimize your profitability by allowing us to evaluate the work performed by your employees (salaried and hourly rated). The results of these evaluations provide the tools to:

• determine optimal manning levels
• set standards to measure work performance
• refocus on value adding work
• eliminate unnecessary and duplicated work
• reevaluate key preformance areas and job descriptions
• identify training needs to improve performance
• This excercise will result in increased profitability through improved performance management and more effective staff utilization.

Absenteeism control

• Setting up absenteeism reduction programs
• Drafting absence policies and procedures
• Training in controlling abseenteeism
• Dealing with incapacity matters

Quality management - ISO 9001: 2000
Assist with the introduction and implementation of the ISO 9001 quality management system.
Recent emphasis has been on quality management systems to align training institutions to the new training dispensation.
Conditions of service

• Contracts of employment - permanent and temporary
• Minimum written requirements - Basic Conditions of Employment Act
• Conditions of employment guidelines / booklets
• Making the requirements of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act work for you
  

Labour relations & labour law
Labour Relations:
Setting up workplace procedures including:

• Disciplinary code and procedures
• Grievance procedure
• Poor work performance
• Communication policies and procedures
• Conflict resolution and labour disputes
• Retrenchment assistance
• Management union relations
• Consulting on all aspects of union management relations (eg shop steward and union rights and recognition agreements etc)
• Assisting in negotiations

Labour Law:
Employment Equity Act – assist with compiling of employment equity plans and Reports to the Director General.
Skills Development Act – assist drafting of workplace skills plans and provide a skills facilitator service
Basic Conditions of Employment Act – making the Act work for you.
Labour Relations Act – ensuring you remain on the right side of the law
Occupational Health and Safety Act – ensuring that the key elements are in place

Training and development
Implementation of Skills Development Act requirements
Training and development strategies:

• Training needs analyses
• Succession planning
• Career pathing

Training guidelines/ matrix for supervisory staff
Setting up induction training programs
Training courses/ seminars are run on demand to meet your specific needs:

• Effective control of absenteeism
• Basic Conditions of Employment Act
• Employment Equity Act
• Communication and grievance handling
• Maintaining discipline at the workplace
• Conducting a disciplinary inquiry

Strategic human resources management & planning

• Human resources strategies
• Change management

Labour relations audits
We conduct comprehensive labour relations audits to:

• give you a full assessment of your legal compliance,
• identify areas of improvement to your human resources management system,
• provide data for planning and determining strategic direction.
  

This survey can also be used to assess how your systems shape up to the requirements of the Employment Equity Act (section 19)