A number of our security clients recently received correspondence from SALT, the administrator of the Private Security Sector Provident Fund. The correspondence was issued under the heading “NOTIFICATION TO AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM THE EMPLOYER BY PENSION FUND”
The Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) recently published proposed amendments to the security industry, which amendments seek to drastically restrict the use and carrying
The Private Security Sector suffered uncertainty regarding various aspects raised in the Main Collective Agreement for the Private Security Industry, which plays a significant role in the compliance universe of the private security sector.
A security business may only be registered as a security service provider if all persons performing executive or management functions are themselves, in their personal capacity, registered as security service providers
We are frequently faced with the question as to whether the lapsing of a PSIRA certificate automatically amount to the deregistration of the Security Service Provider.
The relationship between the client and security service providers is to a certain extent managed and regulated within the security compliance universe. These components are unfortunately mostly intended to grant protection to members of the public and consumers of security services and very seldom grant any protection to the service provider itself.
Well-known role player within the co-operative landscape was party to an arbitration during July 2024, where it was argued that the Bargaining Council lacked the required jurisdiction to hear any dispute as a member “of the co-operative” was not an employee as envisioned in the Labour Relations Act.
The provisions of the Firearm Control Act play an important role within the Private Security Compliance Framework and also carry serious sanctions for noncompliance including criminal prosecution and subsequently also the risk of incarceration.
The private security industry comes with a particularly long list of legislation for compliance. A number of security service providers have inadvertently added the Immigration Act 13 of 2002 to this list by employing illegal immigrants. In this article, Bean du Plessis explains the pitfalls and outcomes of ignorance of this contentious choice for employers in the sector.
The use of co-operatives in the private security sector is not new nor uncommon in South Africa. In this article, we walk through the legislation step-by-step to show how a cooperative is in fact not legally providing the benefits nor protection the Private Sector Security thinks it does.
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