Cubic Blue

Day 1 with Cubic Blue.

Contracts sorted. Policies in place. Payroll onboarding handled. No loose ends, no stress. 😌

This is what it looks like when HR just works.

Want your Day 1 to look like this? Let's chat.

📞 Chantal — 011 462 1781
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.cubicblue.co.za

HR chaos. Sorted.

Disciplinary policies. Compliance headaches. Contracts nobody's looked at in years. Sound familiar? 😅

Most business owners don't think about HR until something goes wrong and by then, it's already a fire to put out.

We help you get ahead of it, so you can focus on running your business instead of firefighting it.

👉 Reach out today and let's get you sorted.

📞 Chantal — 011 462 1781
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.cubicblue.co.za

😬 POV: An employee marches into your office with a grievance... and you realise you don't actually have a disciplinary policy in place.

That's the call you want to make to us before it happens, not after.

Don't wait for the 2am panic. Get sorted now.

📩 DM us "POLICY" and let's get you covered.

📞 Chantal — 011 462 1781
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.cubicblue.co.za

Things South Africans Googled before hiring someone:

"Is this person on LinkedIn?"
"What does their Instagram look like?"

Things South Africans should have Googled:
- Criminal record check
- ITC check
- Qualification verification
- Reference check with their actual previous manager

The candidate who interviewed beautifully is not always the candidate who shows up on day one.

At Cubic Blue, we run certified ITC, criminal, qualification, and reference checks and if you're in Johannesburg, fingerprints can be done right at our Bryanston offices.

Know who you're hiring. Before they start.
011 462 1781 | www.cubicblue.co.za

Another week. Another major retrenchment making headlines in South Africa.

And every time it happens, the comment section fills up with the same thing:

"Did they follow the right process?"
"Were the selection criteria fair?"
"What about the Section 189 consultation?"

Retrenchment is one of the most legally exposed things a business can do in South Africa. Done wrong, it's not just a reputation hit,it's a CCMA case, an arbitration, and a costly settlement.

If your business is restructuring in 2026, the process matters as much as the decision.

Cubic Blue guides businesses through retrenchments that are legally sound, fairly executed, and properly documented.

011 462 1781 | www.cubicblue.co.za

Rate your HR out of 10. Be honest.

Contracts signed and up to date?
Leave policy your staff can actually find?
Disciplinary process your managers can follow without Googling it?
Payroll accurate every single month?
Performance reviews that actually happen?
CCMA-ready documentation?

If you scored yourself a 6 or below for each, that's not a HR problem. That's a business risk.

The good news? Every single one of those is fixable.

Cubic Blue | 011 462 1781 | www.cubicblue.co.za

What "substantive fairness" and "procedural fairness" actually mean because these two phrases decide most CCMA cases:

Substantive fairness = Was there a valid reason to dismiss?
Procedural fairness = Was the correct process followed?

You need both.

You can have a completely valid reason to dismiss someone and still lose because the hearing wasn't conducted properly, the employee wasn't given a chance to respond, or the sanction wasn't proportionate.

This is why process matters as much as the reason.

Congratulations, it's a policy update. 🍼

In October 2025, the Constitutional Court delivered a ruling that changed parental leave in South Africa forever. Parental leave is no longer just a maternity thing.

All parents, biological, adoptive, commissioning, are now entitled to four months and ten days of parental leave. To share. However they choose. Consecutively or at the same time.

Dads. Same-sex couples. Adoptive parents. All of them.This isn't a proposal. It isn't "coming soon." It's binding law right now.And if your leave policy still says what it said in 2024, you're already behind.

"I didn't know" has never once worked as a defence at the CCMA. Don't be the employer who finds that out the hard way.

Cubic Blue gets your policies up to date, before someone else points out that they aren't.

011 462 1781 | www.cubicblue.co.za

South Africa has a public holiday for almost everything.

Human Rights Day. Workers Day. Heritage Day. Family Day. The one that always sneaks up on you in April.

And yet, most businesses have no idea how public holidays interact with shift work, overtime, or employees who were off sick the day before.

The Basic Conditions of Employment Act is very clear on this.

Your payroll software? Probably not applying it correctly.
Your manager who approved the leave? Definitely winging it.
Public holidays are free days for your staff.
They shouldn't become expensive days for you.

Cubic Blue sorts your payroll and leave policies so the long weekends stay fun.

Our top 5 horror movies.

1. "We don't really have contracts, everyone just knows the arrangement."
2. The probation period that ended 4 months ago. Unconfirmed.
3. "HR" is Karen from accounts. She's doing her best.
4. A disciplinary hearing chaired by the person who caused the problem.
5. The CCMA summons that arrived on a Friday. At 4pm.

Cubic Blue sorts the scary stuff before it becomes a crisis.

011 462 1781 | www.cubicblue.co.za