What gets reviewed
Six places where employers are most often exposed
The audit works through each of these against the LRA, BCEA, EEA and OHSA, and records what we find in writing.
Employment contracts
Whether every employee has a written contract, whether it reflects what they actually do, and whether fixed-term and independent contractor arrangements would survive scrutiny.
Policies and disciplinary code
Whether the rules exist in writing, whether they cover current risks such as AI use, remote work and social media, and whether staff can be shown to have received them.
Payroll and statutory registrations
SARS, UIF, SDL and Compensation Fund registrations, along with hours, overtime, deductions and leave against the BCEA.
Record keeping
The registers and records an employer is required to keep, and whether they would stand up to a Department of Employment and Labour inspection without notice.
Discipline and dismissals
Past warnings, hearings and dismissals reviewed for consistency, procedure and the paper trail that would be needed at arbitration.
Health and safety
OHSA appointments, required notices and the basic safety obligations that are most often missed by smaller employers.
Fixed fee
Priced on your headcount, agreed before we start
No hourly billing and no open-ended scope. The fee is fixed for the band your business falls into and covers the review, the report and the accompanying documents.
Under 20 employees
R7,500R8,625.00 including VAT
The right starting point for a small business that has grown past informal arrangements but has never had its employment position checked.
Book this audit20 to 50 employees
R12,500R14,375.00 including VAT
For established employers with layered staff, some history of warnings or disputes, and policies that have not kept up.
Book this audit50 to 150 employees
R18,500R21,275.00 including VAT
For multi-department or multi-site operations where practice varies between managers and consistency has become the real risk.
Book this auditMore than 150 employees
By quotationScoped and quoted individually
Larger and multi-site employers, group structures and organisations with bargaining council or union arrangements. Scoped on a short call first.
Request a quotationIt comes off your retainer
If you take up any OptiHR monthly retainer within 60 days of receiving your audit report, half the audit fee is credited against your first invoices. The audit is designed to tell you what you need, not to sell you something you do not.
What you receive
A report you can act on, not a list of problems
01
Written report
What is working, what is not, and the legal basis for each finding, in plain language rather than legislative citations.
02
Prioritised risk list
Every finding ranked by exposure, so you know what to fix this month and what can wait until next year.
03
Action plan
A step-by-step remediation plan with an owner and a sequence, sized to what your business can realistically do.
04
Ready-to-use documents
The contracts, policies, registers and forms needed to close the gaps, drafted for your business and ready to issue.
Turnaround
Ten working days from the date we receive your documents. The review is done remotely by default; on-site is available in Pretoria and Johannesburg where the records are easier to work through in person. The debrief is a scheduled call or meeting, not just an emailed report.
Start with the audit
Fixed fee, ten working days, and a written plan at the end of it. Half the fee comes back to you if you take up a retainer within 60 days.
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