Has anyone ever heard of transport going out to contract where the employees have benefited, no me neither, a contract haulier has to turn a profit, I doubt the promise of huge savings or improvements in service for the client ever materializes.
A recent example in my area was DownHillLogistics being shown the door at Magor Brewery after 18 months, When a job goes out to contract the only reason it does so is weak management in the first place.
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Remember that TUPE is exactly what it says, transfer under previous employment
Not quite!
Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
I was Tupe’d by DHL 2wks with the “other” company & then got my redundy DHL never offered Redundy or other employment
was tuped to stobarts who didnt want me had eight years redundancy pay and never put a key in a truck very good deal thank you very much… and didnt need union either…
A well known plant and tipper hire company in Oxfordshire has recently been taken over by a large London-based concern and the (mostly) long serving drivers of the taken over firm have been treated like excrement. The drivers of the newest tippers came in on a Monday to find their wagons gone (with their stuff in I gather) and replaced with battered junk fit for export. Excuses have ranged from O licensing problems, to the surprisingly honest “they’re Euro5 so they’ve been swapped for the Euro 3s”. They’ve not been offered “London rates” and they’re only guaranteed a job for upto 2 years.
As we’re a relatively large independant quarry operator in an area with large reserves where the likes of Hanson keep getting planning turned down, I think the shadow of takeover is over us. I wonder if someone like Hanson, Tarmac etc took over, would I be better off in the quarry or as a lorry driver?