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new pay arrangements for sps
After a total of 18 months’ of discussions and six months’ of negotiations, Shoreline has failed to reach agreement with employees and their trade union representatives over proposals to introduce new pay and productivity arrangements.
The productivity-based pay scheme which will secure the future of dozens of jobs will now be offered to the workforce of Shoreline Property Services (SPS), the maintenance subsidiary of Shoreline Housing Partnership.
All existing SPS employees will be offered the new contracts of employment.
There will be no reduction in the size of the workforce.
Shoreline says the changes to workers’ contracts are absolutely vital to the long-term success of SPS in terms of commercial viability, service quality, and offering value for money to tenants.
Shoreline has undertaken extensive consultation with the workforce and trade unions.
The changes – moving employees onto a base salary and additional productivity-based bonus – will enable the workforce to earn significantly more than they currently do in return for the gains in productivity.
The proposals follow a major investment in new technology which will enable the workforce to spend more time efficiently out on site undertaking repair and maintenance work for our tenants.
Tony Bramley, Chief Executive of Shoreline commented, “We first raised these issues with the SPS workforce as far back as June 2006 and have been negotiating in earnest since June 2007.
“We have devoted an enormous amount of time and energy in trying to reach an agreement over the changes we have proposed, including an offer to pilot the changes over a three month period before making any permanent changes.
“Regrettably this has not proved possible and consequently we have today informed the workforce of our intention, if necessary and with great reluctance, to introduce the changes unilaterally, although we are still striving to avoid this if possible. “
John Howe, General Manager of SPS added, “The current arrangements date back five years and are simply no good today when our main customer, Shoreline on behalf of its 8,000 plus tenants, requires high standards of service coupled with good value for money.
“As a business we cannot achieve this and still be competitive with the way we work now, the proposals we have made to the workforce - in return for working more flexibly to achieve excellent standards of service - offers them secure employment with the opportunity to earn more than they do now.”
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