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Supporting Redundancy within Clyde Shipyards - October 2001 to present

Supporting Redundancy within Clyde Shipyards - October 2001 to present. Julie Macdonald, HR Advisor. 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

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Supporting Redundancy within Clyde Shipyards - October 2001 to present

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  1. Supporting Redundancy within Clyde Shipyards - October 2001 to present Julie Macdonald, HR Advisor PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003

  2. 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

  3. Process of Shipbuilding Trial & Commission Customer Outfit Launch Build Design Concept PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003

  4. Redundancy facing Clyde Workforce - July 2001 Clyde Taskforce Strategy Strand Outplacement Strand Skills Strand PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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. PACE Seminar, June 12th 2003

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