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LAY-OFFS ON ACCOUNT OF POWER SHORTAGE
Type: HR, Report if not a HR topic
Posted 17-12-2012Reply
Most of the Industries are facing power shortage. The State Govt. is also helpless. They are imposing penalty for excess consumption. As a result, the comapnies are resorting to lay-offs. As a HR person what steps you would suggest to improve productivity and at the same time maintain relations with Union to cooperate for lay-offs.
Dear HR Link member,
Yes, the power rates have increased in the recent past!
But am not sure the solution to this would be laying off employees. That would surely affect your productivity.
Anyways, your question is very case specific and depends on the type of industry you are in, if you have shift systems, what kind of computers you use...etc
For most IT companies, the challenge would be with the computers, heating/cooling systems and the internal office lighting.
But, am sure, there are many ways to help control the usage by simple methods, like checking on the A/C usage, switching off the unwanted lights, using energy-saving lights instead, switching off the monitors when not in use..... in case you use macro computers at your office, probably you can check with your Tech team to try and help reduce the heat generated by them, this would in turn help you with the A/C.
Technology and Admin team would be a great asset & guidance to help you in this cause.
As HR, we should be clear about the methods that we are suggesting and their implications, only then you can share this with your employees and expect them to understand and followup.
Once again, am not very clear how and why lay-offs could help in this situation?
hope others can throw some light on this.
Cheers,
Diana
Yes, the power rates have increased in the recent past!
But am not sure the solution to this would be laying off employees. That would surely affect your productivity.
Anyways, your question is very case specific and depends on the type of industry you are in, if you have shift systems, what kind of computers you use...etc
For most IT companies, the challenge would be with the computers, heating/cooling systems and the internal office lighting.
But, am sure, there are many ways to help control the usage by simple methods, like checking on the A/C usage, switching off the unwanted lights, using energy-saving lights instead, switching off the monitors when not in use..... in case you use macro computers at your office, probably you can check with your Tech team to try and help reduce the heat generated by them, this would in turn help you with the A/C.
Technology and Admin team would be a great asset & guidance to help you in this cause.
As HR, we should be clear about the methods that we are suggesting and their implications, only then you can share this with your employees and expect them to understand and followup.
Once again, am not very clear how and why lay-offs could help in this situation?
hope others can throw some light on this.
Cheers,
Diana
Dear Sir,
Yes it is the situation faced by every entrepreneur in AP but we have to take some measures to keep go on the industry. Of course you are a senior than me in the field of HR, I would like to give some measures to prevent such sort of situations to run the industry. The last one is lay off if any of the measures taken by HR will not seems to be productive.
1) Minimise the power utilisation wherever unnecessary processes. If it is possible limit the power to those activities.
2)Ask the employees or convene a meeting to increase the productivity! This is how to increase the working hours of each employee in working days (Non-power holiday days) for doing this favour give a leave for once in a week in power holiday i.e. Five days week system.
3) Decrease the employee intake and if possible search the areas where there is automation or less manpower required.
4) Divide the work in to urgent, necessary, normal, not required to be done during power days and non-power holiday days. The maintenance activity can be carried out during power holiday days.
5) There is a provision for continuously running industries for which total 65% CMD can be continuously utilised without power holiday check the ERC guidelines and if it is possible for your industry go for it. Remaining power can be from alternate sources like DG/UPS...
Hope some more suggestions will come from other collegues.
Regards,
Suneel
Yes it is the situation faced by every entrepreneur in AP but we have to take some measures to keep go on the industry. Of course you are a senior than me in the field of HR, I would like to give some measures to prevent such sort of situations to run the industry. The last one is lay off if any of the measures taken by HR will not seems to be productive.
1) Minimise the power utilisation wherever unnecessary processes. If it is possible limit the power to those activities.
2)Ask the employees or convene a meeting to increase the productivity! This is how to increase the working hours of each employee in working days (Non-power holiday days) for doing this favour give a leave for once in a week in power holiday i.e. Five days week system.
3) Decrease the employee intake and if possible search the areas where there is automation or less manpower required.
4) Divide the work in to urgent, necessary, normal, not required to be done during power days and non-power holiday days. The maintenance activity can be carried out during power holiday days.
5) There is a provision for continuously running industries for which total 65% CMD can be continuously utilised without power holiday check the ERC guidelines and if it is possible for your industry go for it. Remaining power can be from alternate sources like DG/UPS...
Hope some more suggestions will come from other collegues.
Regards,
Suneel
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