Human Resources Function

• Recruitment: refers to finding an applicant with the skills necessary for the job
• Selection: means verifying the candidate's qualifications and training, credit history and criminal record and contacting references
• Contracts: refers to a formal, legal and binding agreement between two people or between an employer and employee
• Induction: the process in which successful candidates are introduced to their new workplace and colleagues
• Placement: the successful applicant is contacted by the HR department, offered a job, and a contract is drawn up
• Salaries: fixed monthly payment is made by an employer to an employee in exchange for work done
• Benefits: paid to employees by employers and are additional amounts of money
• Internal recruitment: the process of recruiting suitable candidates inside an organisation to fill positions
• External recruitment: the process of recruiting suitable candidates outside an organisation to fill positions
• Interviewer: the individual that holds the interview conversation with a prospective employee.
• Employment contract: the contract of employment is signed between employer and employee when the candidate is appointed to a position
• Gross salary: refers to an employee's salary before any deductions are made and paid into their bank accounts
• Net salary: refers to an employee's take home salary after all deductions are made
• Piecemeal related salary: monies that workers are paid according to the number of items or units produced
• Time-related salary: monies that workers are paid or their time spent at work.
• BCEA: Basic Conditions of Employment Act
• EEA: Employment Equity Act
• COIDA: Compensation for Injuries and Disease Act
• The human resources function ensures that all vacant positions within the business are filled with suitably qualified candidates.
• The human resources function is required to comply with the legislation when making appointments and managing the employees in the workplace.