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StaffShare and share alike: new initiative may save jobs
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By Roanna Avison HAULIERS COULD hang on to their workers rather than make them redundant through a scheme to help them loan staff to other employers.
The StaffShare programme is being organised by Work Wise UK and is on trial in thecharitable and voluntary sectors but at the end of February. it will become available to all industries.
Phil Flaxton, chief executive for Work Wise UK, says: "Employers who have invested a lot in a member of staff may not want to lose those skills when that person is under-utilised so rather than make them redundant, they can offer them to other employers on a short-term contract.Jo Tanner, director of communications at the Freight Transport Association, says: "Schemes like this could save companies time and money, not to mention help to relieve pressure on employees facing redundancy "It also helps to ensure that workers' skills arc kept fresh and not lost from the logistics industry."
The Road Haulage Association agrees that any scheme to keep skills within the logistics sector during the recession is to be welcomed. "Drivers are a valuable commodity and we have been facing a driver shortage for many years; if we can keep them in the industry it has to be a good thing," a spokeswoman says. She adds that the RHA may he interested in supporting the scheme to help its members.
However, Paul Deflyer, the director of Snodland. Kent-based haulier Alan Firmin, says: "I think most hauliers would be reluctant to sign over a driver for a fixed contract if they ran the risk of being short of drivers during that period."
But Denyer thinks the scheme could work for clerical posts.