Incentive Scheme for . Maintenance Men
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1-1 A TEST incentive scheme, to use
manpower to the best advantage, has been introduced by Edinburgh Transport Department. The scheme is hoped to save about £3,500 a year.
Operating for the Longstone bus depot night staff, it may soon be extended to the day staff. Dependent upon results, the transport committee will decide on the extension of a bonus scheme throughout the undertaking.
Industrial consultants, called in to formulate the project, studied the work of night-shift men, who refuel and clean buses. They found there was a fallingoff in work as the shift lengthened. A reallocation of duties arranged work more evenly over the shift and cut the manpower required.
It is estimated that the output per man will increase by 47 per cent. In the past, the average night-shift staff was 45, working an extra weekly shift on overtime when possible. In the new scheme, the labour force on a sevenday basis will be 36 men without overtime.
The transport department has promised that the scheme will not mean redundancy.
The department and the men's union are watching the scheme, which has started well and has been submitted to the National Joint Industrial Council for approval. A union spokesman pointed out that they were prepared to give a fair trial to any suggestion for improving output,