Salisha Pillay

I am a hands-on HR professional with a solid background in law, combining operational human resources experience with practical legal expertise. My core strengths lie in handling recruitment, industrial relations, employee administration, and workplace compliance. Coming from a legal background, I bring strong legal research, contract drafting, and dispute-resolution skills to the table.

I take a clear, straightforward, and objective approach to management, ensuring policies are followed while maintaining open communication across all levels of an organisation.

Human Resources Officer at Galaxy Bingo (2023-09 – Present)

• Manage end-to-end recruitment, selection, and staff onboarding.
• Oversee HR administration, utilizing Sage and Employee Self-Service (ESS) systems.
• Facilitate learning and development initiatives, including WSP and ATR submissions.
• Chair Employment Equity (EE) committee meetings and prepare required reports.
• Handle Industrial Relations (IR) matters and guide workplace policy adherence.

Collections Secretary at Burmeister Vickers Attorneys (2022-10 – 2023-08)

• Utilized Legal Suite software for legal practice and file management.
• Drafted legal documents including summonses, particulars of claim, requests for default judgment, and writs.
• Managed file indexing, pagination, and liaison with clients, debtors, and sheriffs.

Candidate Legal Practitioner at Tshiki and Associates Inc. (2019-08 – 2021-05)

• Drafted pleadings, contracts, settlement agreements, legal opinions, and merit reports.
• Conducted legal research and consulted with clients across various legal matters.
• Represented clients at the Magistrate's Court, Regional Court, CCMA, and Bargaining Councils.

Speculum Juris Student Assistant at University of Fort Hare (2018-02 – 2018-12)

• Assisted with peer-review administration, tracking manuscripts, referee allocations, and referee database updates.

Law Tutor (Law of Persons) at University of Fort Hare (2016-02 – 2016-11)

• Conducted weekly tutorials for first-year students and provided academic support and record keeping.

Master of Business Administration in MBA – Regenesys Business School

Bachelor of Laws in LLB – University of Fort Hare (2018)

National Senior Certificate in NSC – Hudson Park High School (2013)