Skye Bank transfers workers to outsourcing firms

Skye Bank transfers workers to outsourcing firms

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Barely one week into the New Year, Skye Bank has disengaged some
of its staff members and transferred their employment to third-party
firms.
Hundreds of employees are expected to be affected by the
development.
A statement by Skye Bank announcing this on Sunday, however, said
the move was part of the initiatives to strengthen all cadres of its
workforce.
Some of the staff members to be affected, according to the lender,
are tellers, drivers, security personnel and other key support staff
members.
According to the statement, the outsourcing companies appointed by
Skye Bank to take over the employees are Optimum Continental
Services, Strategic Outsourcing Limited and Integrated Corporate
Services Limited.
The bank, however, gave the assurance that the outsourcing firms
would engage the disengaged employees under the same terms and
conditions of the financial institution.
The statement read, “ As part of the initiatives to strengthen all
cadres of its work force, Skye Bank has engaged the services of
Optimum Continental Services, Strategic Outsourcing Limited and
Integrated Corporate Services Limited, three top rated professional
human resource management companies to manage its support
function staff.
“The bank took the decision as part of the initiatives to position itself
for excellent service and superior performance in the coming years.
Skye Bank, which noted that efficiency and excellent customer service
would be key to success in the market place in the years ahead, said
the support functions were pivotal to the ability of the bank to meet
its growth objectives.
It added that the support functions needed to be managed by
professional human resource companies who have extensive skills and
competence in such regard.
The bank further said, “To assure the welfare of the staff who are
mostly on the lower cadre, the bank insisted that a non-negotiable
condition for taking over the support staff by the human resource
companies is that the staff will enjoy the same terms and conditions
as they did, when they were employed by their former employer, Skye
Bank Resources Limited.
“Under the new arrangement therefore, the affected officers who
consist of drivers, security officers, tellers and other support staff have
been absorbed automatically by the new employers on the same terms
and conditions they enjoyed prior to now. It is expected that the
management companies who are industry leaders and experts in
human resource management will enrich the quality of the officers by
relevant training, skills transfer and enhanced welfare packages.”