Frequently Asked Questions

South African Employers Forum (SAEF) t/a Sepane represents a collaboration of employers. Participating employers maintain a full service human resources department, which is funded by participating employers, sharing the resource. The HR department and its resources are built to ensure best practice, and to maintain a cost effective human resource management capacity. Staff associated with Sepane maintain co-employer relationships with participating employers, which allows Sepane to share and manage many employer-related liabilities and responsibilities. As a result they have access to human resources services, employee benefits, payroll administration and risk management at minimal cost, as these are shared with other like minded employers.

Co-employment is a contractual arrangement between collaborating employers, which allows the sharing of many employer liabilities. Each party is responsible for certain employment obligations, and each party shares responsibility for other employment obligations. Workers become employees of more than one employer: the client retains supervision for production or delivery of services, and the Sepane venture assumes responsibility for human resources and personnel services.

Sepane is the trade name of  an association called the South African Employers Organisasion (SAEF). SAEF is an employers organisation, or rather a joint venture by participating employers who created amongst themselves by agreement a decentralised shared, cross-subsidised  HR department which participants fund by paying a monthly contribution towards the costs of the infrastructure.

By delegating many of your employer-related responsibilities to the Sepane infrastructure, you can then focus on the business aspects that are important to you. You'll be able to utilize our Human Resources Management Systems to help drive your revenue generation, protect your net profits, minimize your employer risks, and to help control your employer-related expenses.

The Sepane infrastructure gives employers access to human resources services and strategies to help businesses increase their productivity and profitability. Qualified HR managers and Labour Law specialists will work with you to determine which policies and practices have the potential to improve your company's productivity and profitability, and help you implement them.

Utilising Sepane, provides you with comprehensive services and benefits through our human resources management systems, which offer you administrative relief, allowing you to devote time and talent to developing new business and growing your profitability. 

The Sepane venture takes care of your employer obligations more effectively, in order to help keep your business expenses and costs more stable. We handle much of your employment administration, which allows you to focus on growing your company, and we help you retain employees by providing them with predictable, fair and best practice HR management.

You'll find that you actually gain more control over your business when you join the Sepane venture, because you're freed from administrative issues and details. This allows you to focus on doing what you do best— growing your business.

You may not have the time or the experience to become a human resources expert. Sepane will help you to manage your human resources, become more strategic and systematic about the success of your company, and realize greater efficiency and productivity. The Bottom line is this..your participation will reduce your Human Resources Management costs.