Yonela Ciliwe

I am currently employed as a Labour Relations Officer with extensive experience leading labour relations strategy within a corporate environment, in a financial service organization and highly a regulated environment and recognized subject-matter expert in South African labour legislation, including the LRA, BCEA, EEA, and Codes of Good Practice, with a proven record of managing high-risk employee relations, management level misconduct, and organizational change. Highly skilled in advising senior leadership on labour risk, governance, and compliance, while balancing operational imperatives with procedural and substantive fairness.

Labour Relations Officer - Momentum Group

• Experience in resolving disputes, mediate conflicts, and representing the company in negotiations.
• Provide enterprise-wide labour relations leadership, setting strategy, governance frameworks, and standards across business units.
• Lead and oversee high-risk disciplinary, grievance, incapacity, and poor performance matters, including executive and senior management cases.
• Preparing management for disciplinary hearings, ensuring legal defensibility and alignment with organizational values.
• Represent the organization on all CCMA, litigation matters, Labour Court processes including arbitration and review processes.
• Analyze labour relations policies, legislation, and provide advice to clients across the Group.
• Oversee the development, review, and implementation of labour relations policies, frameworks, and governance instruments.

Bachelor of Administration - Administration - University of the Western Cape (2012)

Bachelor of Administration Honours - Administration - University of the Western Cape (2013)

Master of Philosophy - Labour Law - University of the Western Cape (2016)

LLB - Law - University of South Africa (2023)

Matric (2007)