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PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003
Supporting Redundancy within Clyde Supporting Redundancy within Clyde ShipyardsShipyards
- October 2001 to present- October 2001 to present
Julie Macdonald, HR Advisor
PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003
Introduction to BAE SYSTEMS, Naval Ships
Company was founded by Alfred Yarrow on the Thames River, Isle of Dogs, in 1865 and moved to the River Clyde in 1906 During a period of expansion between 1965 and 1974, there were many re-organisational changes as they moved from being family owned, to re-grouping into Upper Clyde Shipbuilding (1967)
Re-privatisation (1971); Nationalisation (1977) then followed
De-nationalisation and acquisition by GEC plc in 1985
Became part of Marconi Naval Systems in 1998
Re-named BAE SYSTEMS Marine Limited (after merger) in 1999
Acquired Kvaerner Shipbuilding, Govan, later that year
PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003
Process of Shipbuilding
Concept
Build
Design
Launch
Outfit
Trial & Commission
Customer
PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003
Redundancy facing Clyde Workforce - July 2001
Clyde Taskforce
Strategy StrandOutplacement
Strand Skills Strand
PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003
Outplacement Strand (Redundancy Management Programme)
“ ….to bring forward and implement a full
series of measures designed to assist workers
threatened with redundancy to move into
alternative employment or training either prior
to, or as close to, the point of redundancy…. ”
PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003
Redundancy facing Clyde Workforce - July 2001
1,000 redundancies announced July 2001 (30% of workforce)
Clyde Shipbuilding Task Force established
Benchmarking exercise by HR Dept of external & internal redundancy management centres
Employee Support Centres set up in both Scotstoun & Govan with the support of our Trade Unions
Centres first of kind for Clyde sites - investing in leavers
PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003
The Team
Right Coutts– outplacement consultants under contract to BAE SYSTEMS
The Glasgow PACE Team
– Scottish Enterprise Glasgow – Glasgow City Council– Employment Service– REACT
PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003
Redundancy facing Clyde Workforce - July 2001
Voluntary redundancy offered - with nearly 350 employees taking this option over the following months
Centres opened in October 2001 - initially supporting volunteers
150 Compulsory redundancies of steelworkers and supervisors,took place January to May 2002
Approx. 500 Job losses were mitigated by a number of in-house initiatives such as re-training (steelworkers to electricians, trades to draughting engineers); redeployment and re-allocation of work from Barrow to Clyde
PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003
BAE 0808 100 8094
Programme Centre Employment Service
Inland Revenue
Benefits Agency
Further EducationColleges
Scottish Enterprise &Small Business Gateway
Coutts Consulting
LearndirectScotland
nextmoves Centre
PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003
Holistic approach - ‘fit for the future’
Based on the existing service provision of Employment Service and REACT, services were project managed by Right Coutts -and included:
One-to-one coaching to enable/motivate self-help
Vocational guidance interviews to establish possible career change or development options; CV Workshops; Pre-retirement courses
Personal Development Programmes
Job Seeking Skills Workshops
Access to the Job Transition Scheme Action Fund which can support individuals towards sustainable outcomes
PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003
Services provided contd..
Common shared registration and client database systems
Help line / call centre
Access to national and local training programmes
Job Fairs on site
Employment service job database available in both centres
Access to independent financial planning advice
Access to Welfare Benefits advice
Redundancy counselling for employees and their families
PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003
Challenges
Timescales for the Redundancy Programme constantly changing - BAE SYSTEMS release dates shifting
Low utilisation of the Call Centre/help line
Extensive active encouragement of ex-employees to use the Centres - former employees live throughout the Strathclyde region
Motivation of employees to change careers/location
Gas services (Transco) training centre moved from Anniesland to Paisley - resulted in a funding issue and severe delay in commencing training
PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003
Right Coutts Contract Targets
Example:
Within 90 days of being made redundant, 50% of employees either
- in a new job, - registered for training,
- self employment or - business start up
Within 180 days of being made redundant, 75% of employees with one of the above
PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003
Outcome
Successful partnership overall, well managed Centres
Regular meetings held throughout the Redundancy Programme, with all partners represented
220 registrations with the Employee Support Centres
- Over 70% of employees were settled into employment, self- employment, re-training or further education
- 5% retired & 12% did not wish to seek further employment
BAE SYSTEMS, Naval Ships, chose the same format when 265 redundancies were announced February 2003. To date there has been no compulsory redundancies.