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.
In simple terms, a Joint Venture refers to a strategic partnership between two or more enterprises. But what does this mean for ownership and business structure?
In this article we will briefly unpack how identity theft is impacting the Security Sector – and what a massive risk that poses. While Security Sector providers are employing due diligence to verify the identities of recruits, the official bodies of this industry are letting them down.
There is a serious and obvious flaw in the legislation around fire arm registration for security service providers, with contradicting laws leading to suspect practices from the authorities. This article offers a legal insight into the conundrum posed for the security sector when it comes to legislation around fire arms.
There is a serious and obvious flaw in the legislation around fire arm registration for security service providers, with contradicting laws leading to suspect practices from the authorities. This article offers a legal insight into the conundrum posed for the security sector when it comes to legislation around fire arms.
have been rendering specialised legal and compliance services to the Private Security Industry since 1997 and the subject of the compliance framework within this sector will be incomplete without addressing the role and responsibility of the NBCPSS.
Every Security Service provider is enjoined to provide security officers with an adequate and distinctive uniform, save in so far as close protection is concerned and must ensure that such uniform is worn by security officers when rendering a security service.
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