Engelbrecht Employment Law Professionals was established in March 2012 as a dynamic and purpose-driven Labour Consultancy Firm. It has grown into a well-experienced labour consultancy firm that provides HR, IR, and comprehensive Payroll Administration services to businesses of any size without internal HR or Payroll divisions or needing the assistance of an external HR or Payroll specialist as extended support to a client’s business, whether permanent or on an ad-hoc basis.

Marthie Engelbrecht leads our experienced team as the Managing Director.

Marthie studied Advanced Labour Law at the University of Pretoria in 2002 and renewed her certification in 2023. She has over 24 years of experience in labour law and related fields, with a strong passion for employment law. Being a team leader allows her to advance and assist the team members in growing, enhancing their knowledge, and building trusting relationships with clients. Her ultimate goal is to ensure that every client is safe within the various legislative requirements, ensuring comprehensive compliance. Marthie is committed to driving and moving the #TeamElawpro to greater opportunities, continuing to grow with clients and the team, and ultimately continuing to live and practise the greatest dream and passion for labour law. “Your Business – Our Concern”!!

Together with our Director of Administration, Liana Bisschoff, with 12 years of collective labour law experience, she is responsible for our managerial oversight of all the administrative duties, maintaining various client relations and ensuring workflow process management. Liana is responsible for our overall Employment Equity services and COGS (our HR Management program). She is further responsible for ensuring all other related services are industry-specific. This includes, but is not limited to the drafting of employment agreements, policies and procedures, disciplinary codes, client day-to-day interaction, written warnings, charge sheets, client advice and all relevant documentation required for the team to assist clients in a timely manner and in line with the provisions of all the relevant legislative processes. Liana oversees the Elawpro Team and plays an integral part in our firm.

Our Administrative Manager, Mercia Venter, with 7 years of collective labour law experience, is responsible for the smooth administrative workflow from day-to-day, also assisting clients with the drafting of employment agreements, policies and procedures, disciplinary codes, client day-to-day interaction, written warnings, charge sheets, chairing processes and all drafting relevant documentation required for the team to assist clients in a timely manner and in line with the provisions of all the relevant legislative processes. She manages the Coida, RMA, or FEMA claims registrations for any injuries on duty, including registering Companies with either Coida, RMA or FEMA, submitting the returns of earnings and obtaining the letters of good standing. She is further an expert with UIF registration for any client, domestic or corporate, assists with TERS and Labour audits, including managing our in-house accounting and invoices.

Pieter Grobler, our Operational Director, also attended the Advanced Labour Law certification at the University of Pretoria in 2024 and obtained a cum-laude certification in 2024. Pieter has over 25 years of experience in labour law and is passionate about an ever-changing environment. As Operational Director, Pieter is responsible for site visits, chairing of enquiries, counselling sessions, poor work performance or any related service requested by the client. Pieter is further responsible for our representation at the various Bargaining Councils, CCMA and is actively involved in Union negotiations and Labour Inspections.

Our team is complemented by Lianca Nieuwenhuizen, our Payroll Administrator, who supports our team with all administrative duties. She attends to our in-house bookkeeping with Mercia, invoices and account management, building and maintaining strong client relationships, driving customer satisfaction and ensuring business growth. She is responsible for the CIPC function as an added one-stop service for new businesses.

Oratile Locke has recently joined our team as an intern, expressing his great interest in expanding his career in labour relations. Oratile obtained his B-Com Economic and Management Sciences Degree at the University of Pretoria in 2024. He is furthering his career with a B-Com Hons Industrial Organisational Psychology (2025) and intends to explore Labour Relations when he finalises his B-Com Hons Degree. Oratile is a great asset for Elawpro and is exposed to the various categories, legislation and fields of expertise in labour law.

All of our Team members continue to expand their knowledge by attending various CCMA courses, South African Labour Law Reports’ Annual Seminars, various other courses, seminars and information sessions with expos and other related courses to enhance our knowledge. With this, we ensure that we stay abreast of the latest developments in Labour Law, including case law and amendments to legislation. We ensure Popia compliance across all the aspects required to ensure that all of our clients and their employees’ information is kept confidential and is dealt with in line with the requirements of the Regulator.

When a client uses our services, the whole team is responsible for the total HR, Payroll, UIF, Coida, RMA, or related audits. These audits are conducted to establish legislative compliance and assist the client in reaching and maintaining compliance. The client will be updated on the latest developments and amendments where needed. An excellence-driven service to keep clients within the ambit of any of the applicable legislative requirements.

We have been accredited members of the Afrikaanse Handels Instituut (AHI) for the past 13 years, and two of our team members were also selected as AHI office Bearers for two consecutive periods, serving in the managerial provincial area, ensuring compliance for 2023/2024/2025. As a team, we are very familiar with various Bargaining Councils and their rules and regulations. We assist clients with their returns and manage their membership in these councils.

We offer employment contracts (implementing contracts and policies – all industry specific), policies and procedures, attend to your disciplinary enquiries, counselling sessions, warnings, timekeeping (utilising an Android, IOS and desktop App designed by a fellow labour law colleague to enable you as an employer to have the info right at the press of a button – enquire at our offices with Liana for detailed information on the system we have been utilising for the past few years – this is a proudly South African product), union activities, grievance meetings, assistance with the induction of new employees, and conducting interviews. 

Our value-added services include our cost-effective Payroll Administration, Bargaining Council Registrations, UIF Registration and calculations, COIDA, RMA and FEMA registrations, claims and calculations for LOGS, Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) assistance, Employment Equity, and Polygraph testing (only as corroborative evidence at an additional cost). Transcription services are also available at additional costs for all hearings, meetings, counselling, performance reviews or related sessions with employees.

We have added on-site drug testing to emphasise the importance of illegal substances in the workplace.

Newly added features:

  • Financial features for clients’ payroll and a huge benefit to clients are the monthly SARS EMP201 submissions, quarterly EMP501 submissions, reconciliations, and IRP5 services we can offer. These help you structure your payroll to be tax-efficient, allow you to utilise your funds more effectively, focus on your business growth, and let our team of experts deal with your full Payroll requirements.
  • Full recruitment services that are industry-specific and tailored to a client’s needs. It is affordable, and our highly knowledgeable recruitment team will attend to recruiting the perfect candidate for your company. We take the hassle of sifting through thousands of unrelated CV’s and documentation, out of your hands, to enable you to focus on potential candidates to fit your requirements. Our fees are competitive and realistic. We also attend the interview sessions with the client to ensure that scoring and background checks have been adhered to.
  • CIPC—We assist in new company registrations with the relevant Beneficial Ownership and Public Officer, share certificates, name reservations, and related registrations for anyone seeking assistance registering and establishing a new business venture.
  • Individual tax submissions for your own income tax for each financial year, and attending to all the relevant requirements to submit your tax return to SARS.

You can either be assisted as a retainer client with a once-off audit fee (includes the drafting and/or rectifying employment contracts, policies, disciplinary code, and procedures) and a monthly retainer for keeping your business on the go with labour matters.

Alternatively, you can use our ad hoc services, which are more expensive than a retainer client; you will pay as you go.

Contact us today – #TeamElawpro – “Your Business – Our Concerns”!!