Marius Meyer, CEO of SABPP, discusses the implications of HR professionals becoming Commissioners of Oaths in South Africa. This includes certifying documents as true copies and administering oaths or affirmations. It outlines the duties and responsibilities of Commissioners of Oaths according to the Justices of Peace and Commissioners of Oaths Act. Meyer also highlights the value this adds to the HR profession and contributions HR professionals can make as Commissioners of Oaths.

1. HR PROFESSIONALS AS COMMISSIONERS OF OATHS:
Implications, Duties, Roles, Responsibilities
Marius Meyer, Chief Executive Officer: SABPP
15 April 2015
@mariusSABPP
@SABPP1

2. Today we celebrate

3. New SABPP Model: HR Voice for
Professionals
Human resource
development
Research - info
Value &
visibility
Open for
alliances
Innovation
CPD
Excel-
lence
Quality
assurance
Learning
growth &
develop-
ment
Knowledge
Self-governance Duty to society
Ethics

4. SABPP VALUE PROPOSITION:
Products/Services to advance HR profession
RECOGNITION =
PROFESSIONAL STATUS
RESOURCES =
PRODUCTS/SERVICES
RESEARCH =
INFORMATION
• Professional registration
• NLRD Upload (SAQA)
• Commissioners of Oaths
• Awards
• Advocacy
• HR Assessors/Moderators
registration
• Accreditation of providers
• University accreditation
• HR Competency Model
• HR Standards
• Social media discussions
• Knowledge Centre
• Booklets/DVDs
• Guides/toolkits
• Charts/posters
• Fact sheets
• One-stop info
• Updates (laws, trends)
• Ethics help-line
• Newsletters
• Website
• HR Internships/jobs
• HR policies
• Mentoring
• Workshops/seminars
• Access to alliances
• Event/product discounts
• CPD
• Students
• Research papers
• Position papers
• Books
• Articles
• Cases
• Benchmarking
• Magazines
• Labour market
information

5. HR Standards Files
13 standards (2013) 19 standards (2014)

6. HR Profession Legislative
Framework
NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
FRAMEWORK ACT
Act 67 of 2008
JUSTICES OF PEACE AND
COMMISSIONERS OF OATHS
ACT
Act 16 of 1963

7. 2 new roles for HR Professionals
Perform an
Oath/Affirmation
Certify a
document to be a
true copy

8. Thank you!
Advocate Michael Masutha, Minister of Justice & Correctional Services

9. SOUTH AFRICAN HR COMPETENCY MODEL
STRATEGY
TALENT
MANAGEMENT
HR GOVERNANCE, RISK,
COMPLIANCE
ANALYTICS & MEASUREMENT
HR SERVICE DELIVERY
5 HR
CAPABILITIES
LEADERSHIP & PERSONAL CREDIBILITY
ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITY
SOLUTION CREATION & IMPLEMENTATION
INTERPERSONAL & COMMUNICATION
CITIZENSHIP FOR FUTURE: INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY, SUSTAINABILITY
CORE
COMPETENCIES
HR & BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE
DUTY TO SOCIETY
ETHICS
PROFESSIONALISM
4
PILLARS

10. Big 5 Milestones
1. National HR Competency Model (2012)
2. National HR Standards (2013)
3. HR Audit Framework (2014)
4. HR Ethics Book (2015)
5. HR as Commissioners of Oaths (2015)

11. New SABPP HR Ethics Book

12. Launch of HR Ethics Book
“Congratulations to SABPP
with the launch of the HR
Ethics book, and for the
good work you are doing
to promote ethics and the
HR profession.”
Advocate Thuli Madonsela

13. Professional registration levels
• M/D degree + 6 years top level experience
• LoW = executive level
MHRP
(Master)
CHRP
(Chartered)
• Degree/ND + 3 years experience
• LoW = middle management
HRP (Professional)
HRA (Associate)
• Certificate + 1 year
experience
• LoW = entry
HRT (Technician)
• Hons degree + 4 years sr experience
• LoW = senior management
• 2 year dip + 2 years experience
• LoW = junior level

14. HR Contribution to society
• Apply the SABPP Code of Conduct
• Workload of other Commissioners of Oaths reduced
• HR Professionals support government and other agencies
to combat fraud & corruption (e.g. ID fraud, forged
qualifications)
• Preventing fronting and other unethical practices
• Change agents for ethics, professionalism and nation-
building (NDP)
• Commitment to Constitution and practice of justice, human
rights and sound governance
• HR professionals as custodians of labour and other laws –
function as compliance officers
• Reduce inconvenience to take documents to other offices

15. DUTY OF COMMISSIONERS OF
OATHS
Certify that a document
(e.g. copy of ID or
qualification certificate) is a
true copy of the original.

16. Guidelines
• Inform your Heads: Legal, Compliance,
Governance, CFO & others
• Share good news with HR team members
• Read the Guide for HR Professionals
• Order a rubber stamp for you
• Spread the CoO workload (3-5 people)
• Make sure you see original documents
before you certify as true copies

17. Implications
• Fulfilling your duties in accordance with the
Act
• Ensuring all ethical requirements are met
(true copies)
• If membership not renewed, it will be illegal
to continue as Commissioner of Oaths

18. CONCLUSION
Thank you for celebrating this historic day with
us. Not only do we celebrate, we also accept
our new role and responsibility as
Commissioners of Oaths.

19. Thank you to all for making
this happen
• Advocate Michael Masutha (Minister)
• Advocate Nasreen Dawood (21st Century)
• Mr Xolani Mawande (COO, SABPP)
• Dr Penny Abbott (Head of Research)
• Mr Thys Viljoen (HR Manager, Alos)
• Ms Christine Botha (Head: HR Audits)
• Mr Jaco de Jager (CEO: ACFESA)
• Ms Siphiwe Mashoene (Head: Events)
• Ms Kate Dikgale-Freeman (SABPP Vice-chair)
• Ms Sarie Venter (Admin Assistant)
• Ms Lindiwe Nombaca (Governance Officer)
• Mr Naren Vassan (Head of Learning & Quality)

20. We set HR standards!
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