Many companies face two fundamental issues regarding work patterns and pay schemes.

Firstly - work patterns are relatively fixed yet demand is variable

Secondly - some employees are paid a basic salary plus overtime.

The first leads to a supply and demand imbalance - and therefore waste - of resources. The second is an even bigger problem. Any improvements made by operators is likely to adversely affect their pay - hardly motivating!

We have extensive experience in implementing different types of flexible work patterns and pay schemes to achieve:

- matching of work patterns to meet variable demand levels
- flexibility to meet unpredicted demand fluctuations
- removal of disincentives for employees to make improvements
- guaranteed labour costs

Even just investigating alternative work patterns and pay schemes can raise the temperature between management, employees and their representaives. Our experience of what makes a good scheme versus a bad one can help people understand their different options, the benefits to them as well as the company and the pitfalls to avoid, thus effectively reducing the "heat" and increasing the "light" in the area of looking at and implementating changes to work patterns and pay schemes.

Contact us for examples of different schemes we have helped to implement.