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The Basic Conditions of Employment Act, in section 29, provides for certain written particulars of employment to be provided as a minimum, and every employer is legally obliged to provide all employees with these minimum particulars in writing not later than the first day of employment – the contract of employment.

Retrenchment is a form of dismissal. However, it's not due to a fault on the side of the employee (for example poor work performance). It is a process wherein the employer reviews the business needs, profitability and other operational factors in order to increase profits or limit losses.

Workplace policies often reinforce and clarify standard operating procedure in a workplace. Well written policies help employers manage staff more effectively by clearly defining acceptable and unacceptable behaviour in the workplace and set out the implications of not complying with those policies.

A trade union is an organisation made up of members (a membership-based organisation) and its membership must be made up mainly of workers. One of a trade union's main aims is to protect and advance the interests of its members in the workplace. Most trade unions are independent of any employer.

Collective bargaining is the process in which working people, through their unions, negotiate contracts with their employers to determine their terms of employment, including pay, benefits, hours, leave, job health and safety policies, ways to balance work and family, and more.

A disciplinary hearing is a formal process used by an employer to deal with issues relating to an employee's work and issues for example misconduct due to unacceptable or improper behaviour.