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Justin Bentley
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Gary, the simple answer is you are in the clear.
Whilst an employer can be fined for employing unlicensed staff, there is no comeback on employees if their employer is breaking the law. The only question is the moral issue of whether you would want to work for somebody who is breaking the law?
Tony - with respect to your advice, you appear to have got your facts the wrong way round. Any person managing licensed staff (right up to company directors) must hold a licence. If they are not actually performing duties themselves, e.g. office role, they do not require to do the training course and need only apply for a "non-front line licence". This still requires them to prove identity and go through the criminal records check.
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Justin Bentley
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Recent legislation changes say that all workers are currently entitled to 4.8 weeks holiday (equating to 24 days for a person working 5 days per week) increasing to 5.6 weeks (28 days) on 1 April 2009.
This means that somebody working two days per week is entitled to 9.6 days holiday per year irrespective of whether their normal working day is a bank holiday.
The irony is that as the majority of bank holidays fall on a Monday, this puts part time workers who normally work on a Monday at a disadvantage, as the business needs of being closed on bank holidays dictates when they use their holidays.
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Justin Bentley
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SSR Personnel Services Ltd produce a survey, though I can't find a copy on their website. If you e-mail them at info@ssr-personnel.com I am sure they will e-mail you a copy.
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Justin Bentley
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There are plans for the SIA to improve their website so that you can complete a form online, but they haven't got this in place yet.
If you go to http://www.the-sia.org.uk/home/licensing/security_guarding/wizard/request.htm you can request an application form.
I have heard other cases of requests for application forms being ignored so it isn't just you!
Justin Bentley
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International Professional Security Association
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Justin Bentley
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Personally, I think the rest of you should learn to read. Bill Wyllie clearly states that he is the Chairman of the The Security INSTITUTE (TSI), not the Security INDUSTRY AUTHORITY (SIA).
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Justin Bentley
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Have you tried the online Application Status Checker yet, which will give you exactly the same information as a call center operative?
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Justin Bentley
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Joe,
The reason that they only give a Postal Office Box number is because they don't have an enquiry desk for people to turn up to. The idea is that you either phone them or use their on-line application tracker. Go to their website at www.the-sia.org.uk and click "Application Status Checker".
They also explain on the website that applications are currently taking 6 - 9 weeks, so you may find if you wait another week that you will receive your licence.
Any address you find on the internet is likely to either be a PO Box or the SIA head office in London, either way you are unlikely to get any information by turning up at an address - you are stuck with using the phone or internet.
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Justin Bentley
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I think they have managed to miss off the security officers. There are an estimated 250,000 security officers in the UK and based on their heavy shift patterns, I would estimate more than half will be working on Christmas day.
I wish to thank all the doctors, nurses, police, firefighters, armed forces, security staff and the numerous other infrastructure service personnel who continue to work over Christmas, so the remainder can sit back and enjoy the day.
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Justin Bentley
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If you Google "stair climber sack truck" you get a reasonable number of manufacturers and suppliers, including well known stationary suppliers.
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