Unit 7
Assignment 3 - P5
Employment contracts and security
Hiring policies
Within organisations a hiring policy will need to be established, this must abide to the
national employment law.
When employing new staff is it great importance to carry out a background check whereby
past employment records are gathered as well as criminal records, references and an
assessment task will also be typically set [to determine whether they are fit for the job].
Organisations usually will have a probation period in place whereby new staff are given
restricted access [until the probationary period is over], this allows time for the organisation
to establish trust with the new employee and allow them responsibility one stage at a time.
By carrying out the background checks of potential employees the employers can ensure
they are not letting a potential security threat within the organisation. Also, during the
probation period the employees can be fired instantly [without any disciplines or warnings
given], this means that if they do not find the employee trustworthy or if they find him/her
tampering with some aspect of the security within the organisation they can be fired on the
spot!
Separation of duties
To ensure an organisation doesn’t become reliant on any one member of staff with regards
to the entire security system organisations separate the duties between many team
members. The individual team members all have one critical duty to manage and a deputy,
who is also experienced in that area, is employed to cover the team member in case of
absence or departure.
The same applies to how the system is understood, in that no one individual has full
knowledge of the entire system or how each induvial element is configured. The chief
officer may have an overview of the entire system, however, they will not have a detailed
knowledge of the rules of the induvial components.
If the organisation became reliant on a single person understanding every aspect of the
organisations security then not only would they become indispensable [meaning they can
essentially create their own pay check] but also they would become a massive threat to the
organisation.
Ensuring compliance including disciplinary procedures
Employees and businesses partners who are suspected to be the cause of infringement to
the originations security system must be dealt with in a fair, confidential and legally
acceptable manner, ensuring compliance with the established disciplinary and investigation
procedures.
The person who may be suspected for being the cause of the security systems infringement
may in fact not be the perpetrator and to falsely convict someone is asking for legal action
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Matthew Lloyd-Jones
Assignment 3 - P5
Employment contracts and security
Hiring policies
Within organisations a hiring policy will need to be established, this must abide to the
national employment law.
When employing new staff is it great importance to carry out a background check whereby
past employment records are gathered as well as criminal records, references and an
assessment task will also be typically set [to determine whether they are fit for the job].
Organisations usually will have a probation period in place whereby new staff are given
restricted access [until the probationary period is over], this allows time for the organisation
to establish trust with the new employee and allow them responsibility one stage at a time.
By carrying out the background checks of potential employees the employers can ensure
they are not letting a potential security threat within the organisation. Also, during the
probation period the employees can be fired instantly [without any disciplines or warnings
given], this means that if they do not find the employee trustworthy or if they find him/her
tampering with some aspect of the security within the organisation they can be fired on the
spot!
Separation of duties
To ensure an organisation doesn’t become reliant on any one member of staff with regards
to the entire security system organisations separate the duties between many team
members. The individual team members all have one critical duty to manage and a deputy,
who is also experienced in that area, is employed to cover the team member in case of
absence or departure.
The same applies to how the system is understood, in that no one individual has full
knowledge of the entire system or how each induvial element is configured. The chief
officer may have an overview of the entire system, however, they will not have a detailed
knowledge of the rules of the induvial components.
If the organisation became reliant on a single person understanding every aspect of the
organisations security then not only would they become indispensable [meaning they can
essentially create their own pay check] but also they would become a massive threat to the
organisation.
Ensuring compliance including disciplinary procedures
Employees and businesses partners who are suspected to be the cause of infringement to
the originations security system must be dealt with in a fair, confidential and legally
acceptable manner, ensuring compliance with the established disciplinary and investigation
procedures.
The person who may be suspected for being the cause of the security systems infringement
may in fact not be the perpetrator and to falsely convict someone is asking for legal action
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Matthew Lloyd-Jones
