As part of the initiatives to strengthen all cadres of its workforce, 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 initiatives to position itself for excellent service and superior performance in the coming years.
The bank noted that efficiency and excellent customer service will be key to winning in the market place in the years ahead. It acknowledged that the support functions are pivotal to the ability of the bank to meet its growth objectives and as such need to be managed by professional human resource companies who have extensive skills and competence in this regard.
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 employer 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.
HOPE MOSES-ASHIKE
