ACS Assessor Guide - Security Industry Authority

ACS Assessor GuideSection 4 – Criterion Specific Guidelines: Criteria 66.5 An SIA Approved Contractor can demonstrate that it meets the requirements of the Working Time Directive.6.5.2 The legislation on the national minimum wage is implemented.Clarification:The ACS Standard requires organisations to pay, at least, the national minimum wageexcluding overtime payments. This should apply regardless of their assumed employmentstatus (employed, self employed, temporary, part time etc)Exceptional circumstances might be where an individual, possible the MD of a subcontractcompany, deliberately invoices for a payment which equates to an hourly rate below theNMW for a particular reason. This might be to do with other contracts already in place withthe same provider, where the security provision is an ‘added extra’, providing added value toan existing arrangement.Test:Examine employee records and trace a selection of employees through the payroll system.Linkages with other Indicators:7.3.1 Leaders have developed a set of high values or codes of ethics that are implementedthroughout the organisation.9.3.1 The regular review of performance against key employee performance indicators.9.4.1 The regular review of performance against responses from employee opiniongathering.167The contents of this publication are copyright ©2013 Security Industry Authority, all rights reserved. No part of the contents may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, by any means without prior written permission of the copyright owner.