How HRMLABS Helps Security Agency with PLRD Grading

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Security Agency Grading Exercise (SAGE) was started on 2006 and made mandatory since 2009. The aim of this annual grading exercise is to motivated all licensed security agencies to raise security and service standard while helping customers to differentiate the service quality between agencies.

The assessment period usually start from June 1 of the previous year to May 31 of the current year. There are some revised criteria to assess on the progressiveness of human resource policy in each security agency.

What’s on the “Employment Category for SAGE 2018”? On March 11, 2018 PLRD updated the criteria for SAGE 2018 with three new main areas as follows.

  1. Overtime Exemption (OTE) – The first criteria of SAGE 2018 (updated March 11) consists the requirement to manage security officer’s productivity with the exemption of or reducing the overtime work.
  2. Key Employment Terms (KETs) – The requirement of accurate and timely issuance of KETs and itemised payslip with the use of advance HR system (IT-based).
  3. Sustainable Manpower – Systems that enables reward/retention practices, such as: salary increment and benefits.

How HRMLABS helps with SAGE?

HRMLABS is a human resource systems that provides seamless HR solutions to help security companies manage the grading requirements for PLRD grading. The followings are HRMLABS features that can help security agencies to manage the requirements for SAGE.

Read also: Discover How HRMLABS Clients Improve Their Grades on PLRD Grading

  1. Overtime Exemption (OTE)
    HRMLABS provides online scheduling tools which enables security agencies to plan schedule for security officers which also shows the public holiday and leave entitlement for the officers. With this scheduling system, security agency will be able to accurately track the officer’s working hour and prevent the long work hours that may lead to unproductiveness. The alert system is also set to inform the agency whenever an officer exceeds the normal working hours.
  2. Mobile Attendance
    We switch the manual attendance record with mobile attendance where officers can do check-in/out with defined worksite via mobile app.
  3. KETs
    Security agency can download the Key Employment Terms (KETs) with the template from Ministry of Manpower (MOM). HRMLABS system enables security agency to store employee documents in the cloud system as well.
  4. Payment Salary and CPF Contribution
    HRMLABS system allows security agency to automate the payroll calculation then eventually release payslip, which include CPF contribution and other claims, in single click. Unlike the manual process which prone to miscalculation and human errors, our automated system can solve the complex calculation and make sure it’s paid on time.
  5. Reward/Retention Practices
    HRMLABS system enables agency to add salary increment, bonuses, or other entitlements and benefits. It will automate the computation for overtime payment, holiday payment, and rest day payment.

As this year grading has been finished, security agency may prepare for the next year grading exercise. HRMLABS will help you to prepare for PLRD Grading.
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