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30-Mar-11, 17:30
The Caithness Business Index (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk) has posted the following article:

Redundancies Avoided In Council Grounds Maintenance

Through working closely with the trade unions and following effective vacancy monitoring and redeployment policies, The Highland Council has been able to avoid making any grounds maintenance staff redundant following the outsourcing of routine grass cutting work to a private contractor. When the Council decided to invite the private sector to compete for grass cutting contracts last year, it was estimated that 22 staff would transfer to the successful bidder under the TUPE Regulations, and that a further 33 posts would be at risk of redundancy. ... [Read Full Article (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2196)]