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(e) Considers the adequacy of controls around the management of information and the protection of personal information processed by the University.
Finance Committee
(a) Recommends to Council the University’s annual revenue and capital budgets, which includes students’ residences.
(b) Monitors performance in relation to the approved budgets for Council.
(c) Formulates, develops, maintains and recommends to Council all policies in respect of all matters pertaining to the financial management and administration of the University.
(d) Recommends to Council all matters of a financial nature.
(e) Appoints and mandates signatories to all documents, cheques and agreements of approved transactions of a financial nature.
(f) Recommends to the Audit Committee any amendments to the financial rules with a view to enhancing financial control and administrative efficiency.
(g) Has oversight of the University’s investments (previously a function of the Investment Committee, which was dissolved).
Joint Audit and Finance Committee
(a) Recommends the Annual Financial Statements for the preceding year to Council for approval.
(b) Deals with such other matters stipulated by Council from time to time or as stipulated by the Finance or Audit Committee from time to time.
Human Resources Committee
This committee does the following, inter alia:
(a) Formulates the Conditions of Service of employees of the University in accordance with the Higher Education Act (Act No. 101 of 1997) for approval by the Council.
(b) Recommends to Council any amendments to the Conditions of Employment in accordance with the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, the Labour Relations Act and any other related legislation.
(c) Ensures compliance with all labour-related legislation.
(d) Develops, creates, reviews and amends all policies relating to Conditions of Employment at the University for approval by Council.
(e) Ensures that a mechanism is developed for all statistics and data to do with HR to be submitted at each meeting.
(f) Ensures that best practice, as appropriate for the University, is established and operates efficiently within the University, including job grading systems and PerMS.
(g) Develops and submits to Council a Remuneration Policy appropriate for the University;
(h) Considers and recommends to Council matters relating to, inter alia, a Remuneration Policy.
Code of Conduct Committee
This committee has the power to exercise the following functions in relation to a particular investigation:
(a) Make written recommendations to Council proposing amendments to the Council Code of Conduct.
(b) Require from a member of Council, in respect of whom a complaint of misconduct has been lodged, to appear before the Code of Conduct Committee, to answer such questions as may be put to him/her by the Committee and to make representations to the Committee. Any other person can be called to give evidence or provide information to the Committee.
(c) Make a finding after the conclusion of an investigation and to submit such finding to Council, either with or without a recommendation as to what action, if any, should be taken in pursuance of such finding.
(d) If the Committee is convinced that continued participation by the member against whom a complaint has been lodged will compromise its investigation, the Committee must recommend to Council that the member be suspended from the activities of Council and its committees until timely finalisation of its investigation and findings. Such recommendation to suspend will be taken by EXCO of Council. If it is against a member of the EXCO of Council, such member will be excluded from the EXCO when suspension is decided upon.
Selection Committee
This committee is for Senior Management and is constituted on an ad hoc basis whenever it is necessary to fill the position of Vice-Chancellor and Principal or that of any Deputy Vice-Chancellor.
STAFF AND STUDENT
PAR TICIPATION
The DUT uses a variety of participating structures for issues which affect employees and students directly and materially.
Insofar as staff members are concerned, three trade unions enjoy organisational rights, namely the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), the
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