Feature
NSI’s new Code of Practice for the ‘Provision of labour in the security and events sector’ (NCP 119) addresses and challenges labour providers’ processes. Essentially, it addresses rogue labour by enabling contractors/sub-contractors to demand robust and professional employment practices from their labour providers through the requirement to adopt the code and seek approval from NSI. In this way organisations providing labour to security companies will be able to demonstrate best practice by holding independent certification in the scope of labour provision in the security and events sectors.
‘Labour provision’ covers bought-in-labour, licensed or unlicensed; labour employed and/or supplied by a third party to temporarily supplement a contractor’s or sub-contractor’s own workforce. It means all NSI Gold and Silver approved guarding services contractors in the regulated security and events sector will, in due course, be required to source labour from approved labour providers complying with NCP 119.
End-To-End Commitment
Approval to the Code will demonstrate to buyers of these services an end-to-end supply chain commitment to meeting statutory and legislative requirements, along with certain relevant environmental, social and governance criteria in the provision of services delivered.
These requirements include measures covering best practice in terms of organisational structure, finances, payroll, insurance and premises. They also include personnel, sale of services, operations and documentation, training and record keeping. Companies procuring additional labour to support service delivery on their contracts can require labour providers to obtain a Certificate of Approval to NCP 119.
As Covid-19 lockdown restrictions on a range of facilities begin lifting around the UK and employees, customers, visitors and others start to return it’s important to ensure the risks associated with bought-in labour are not neglected and future site safety and security is not compromised as a result.
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