POLICIES

Orange River Cellars provides employment to more than 600 employees. In the modern age of market competitiveness, the current economic circumstances and difficult climate for development in the agricultural sector the group firmly believes that competent personnel is the main asset securing market share and profitability.

The Human Resource department focus mainly on the following Key Performance areas which constitute:

The Group is geographically distributed throughout the nine provinces of South Africa as well as Namibia and henceforth employs a diverse group of people. Personnel are from all occupational categories, unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled as well as trained professionals and management staff. Orange River Cellars tries to create job opportunities wherever practically possible and promote staff to higher positions. This is done through a process of personal development and training interventions which include inter alia; learnerships, bursary schemes, in-service training and designated training on internal systems and procedures. This intervention improves the general employability of people.

In the past the focus had been mainly on conflict resolution and work ethics. Nowadays the group attempt to focus on preventative programmes. Specifically HIV/Aids prevention programmes are launched with VCT’s. Life skills and the promotion of social responsibility is also high on the agenda and will be a focus for the group.

Orange River Cellars is committed to employment equity and to ensuring that all occupational levels broadly reflect the demographics of the South African economically active population. The executive management and the board carry the accountability of improving and monitoring employment equity progress in the Group.

In Orange River Cellars personnel upholds the right to freedom of association, thus enabling employees to join a registered trade union or professional association of their choice. Employee Committee’s are established at all entities that promote the principle of participative management and shared ownership of values.

The group focus on mutual respect, open communication, organisational sustainability, human dignity, tolerance and group values as prescribed in the groups vision, mission and value statement.

Organisation development attempt to embed the core values into the daily “go about” of employees within the organisation as well as externally as representatives of the company towards clients and the general public. Initiatives focus mainly on human relations, business ethics and client satisfaction. It is generally accepted amongst employees on all levels that Orange River Cellars will through this approach maintain there position as supplier of good quality products to our ever increasing client base.

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