Mm & associates is Specialsed labour relations & labour law practice with advance skills and expertise in the South African labour legislation. Labour is a very expensive commodity, it's therefore in any company or business interest to be mindful of the fact that return on investment is of critical importance, when employing an employee, considering the binding employment contract between the employer and the employee which ' s regulated by the labour legislation. Therefore it would be wise for any employer to outsource the employee relations and labour law management discipline to an expert in that field. Too often employers / companies that have strived for success are faced with unnecessary labour litigation and having to pay huge penalty awards to the employees, some are even up to twelve months salary (12) . Or re-instatement to the original role of the complainant with full back pay, which in some cases it becomes very difficult to re-instate an employee that has severed the