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HP gets in trouble with the Irish
THE MAKER of printer ink HP is in trouble with the Bank of Ireland’s trade unions.
In
2003, HP signed a contract with the bank to manage its technological
needs for a seven-year period. Under the deal Bank of Ireland workers
had transferred to HP as part of an outsourcing detail.We reported that
opposition at the time. The move prompted industrial action.Now HP
wants to fire the staff it hired and outsource the banking operations
to India as part of its plan to lose more than 6,000 jobs in Europe.The
Sunday Times has found an internal document with details of HP’s plan.
According to the Times HP has mightily miffed the Irish Bank Officials
Association (IBOA).Apparently the IBOA has penned a stiff letter of
complaint to both HP and Bank of Ireland to clarify the plans.General
secretary of the union, Larry Broderick said that the IBOA is hugely
concerned about the impact this would have on staff who in good faith
transferred to HP from Bank of Ireland and will now find that their
jobs could be outsourced.HP looking to offshore Bank of Ireland tech jobs
Hewlett
Packard (HP) is considering shifting some of the IT functions it
manages under its outsourcing contract with Bank of Ireland to offshore
centres in Europe and Asia.Bank of Ireland signed a seven-year $600
million contract with HP in September 2003 following a summer of
industrial action – including a 24-hour walk out – in protest at the
plans to outsource IT functions and transfer employees to HP.But
according to a Sunday Times report, HP is now considering moving some
of the jobs that were transferred to offshore centres following a
review of the contract, which is thought to involve a new pricing deal
that has cut HP’s margin on the agreement.In an internal document drawn
up by HP and dated 10 July, part of which has been seen by The Sunday
Times, HP proposes relocating some services to offshore centres in
Europe and Asia.The report says mid-range, mainframe, SAP, unix, NT,
web and database services are expected to be moved to Sofia in
Bulgaria, while management of networks, which include LAN and
firewalls, would move to Bratislava in Slovakia. Messaging would be
shifted to Barcelona, while all help and service desk functions would
be moved to Bangalore.Under the terms of the IT contract signed with
the bank in 2003, HP agreed to guarantee three years employment for
more than 200 staff who transferred from the bank. This deadline
expires next April, says the report.It is thought the offshoring
proposal was drawn up by HP as part of a global restructuring scheme,
which includes shedding almost 6000 jobs in Europe.
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