Endeavour Energy Annual Performance Report - Parliament of New ...
Endeavour Energy Annual Performance Report - Parliament of New ...
Endeavour Energy Annual Performance Report - Parliament of New ...
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04<br />
OUR<br />
PEOPLE<br />
<strong>Endeavour</strong> energy employees<br />
Trades and engineering<br />
development programs<br />
To ensure we have adequate<br />
numbers <strong>of</strong> trained pr<strong>of</strong>essionals<br />
in our ranks, <strong>Endeavour</strong> <strong>Energy</strong><br />
continues to run targeted<br />
development programs for<br />
critical skill types. As part <strong>of</strong> these<br />
programs, employees complete<br />
formal qualifications while gaining<br />
hands-on experience in placements<br />
throughout the Network Division.<br />
At 30 June 2011, almost 10% <strong>of</strong> the<br />
workforce (284 employees) was<br />
participating in these on-the-job<br />
development programs.<br />
Mobility<br />
<strong>Endeavour</strong> <strong>Energy</strong>’s employee<br />
mobility team was established in<br />
2010 to support the redeployment<br />
<strong>of</strong> employees whose positions have<br />
been impacted by organisational<br />
reforms, including the sale <strong>of</strong> our<br />
Retail business on 1 March 2011.<br />
During 2010–11, we:<br />
• Completed the successful<br />
redeployment <strong>of</strong> meter readers,<br />
saving the organisation over<br />
$700,000 in budgeted labour costs<br />
by doing so ahead <strong>of</strong> time.<br />
• Planned and prepared for all<br />
staffing implications associated<br />
with the sale <strong>of</strong> Integral <strong>Energy</strong>’s<br />
Retail business.<br />
• Commenced the process <strong>of</strong><br />
working closely with employees<br />
affected by the sale by assigning<br />
each person their own career<br />
development coach and putting<br />
in place steps to prepare them for<br />
the change to their careers.<br />
The employee mobility team will<br />
continue to provide assistance<br />
to managers and employees<br />
who are affected by change and<br />
organisational reforms in the<br />
years ahead.<br />
Employee relations<br />
<strong>Endeavour</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> managed a<br />
number <strong>of</strong> industrial relations issues<br />
in 2010–11, continuing to focus on<br />
gaining employee-related cost<br />
Left to right: First Year Distribution Apprentices Adam Tabone and Joel Baker developing<br />
hands‐on skills in low voltage cable jointing procedures at our state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art Hoxton Park<br />
Technical Training Centre.<br />
savings to <strong>of</strong>fset wage increases<br />
introduced in the Conditions <strong>of</strong><br />
Employment Award 2008.<br />
These included:<br />
• Customer Information Centre<br />
roster reform.<br />
• Changes in our motor<br />
vehicle policy.<br />
• Introduction <strong>of</strong> shift based<br />
rapid response team.<br />
• Implementation <strong>of</strong> other savings<br />
items from the 2008 award<br />
including the expansion <strong>of</strong> the<br />
new rapid response team.<br />
• The negotiation and certification<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Endeavour</strong> <strong>Energy</strong><br />
Enterprise Agreement 2010.<br />
Each <strong>of</strong> these items were addressed<br />
by specific consultative committees,<br />
where the process <strong>of</strong> change was<br />
discussed and input from employees<br />
sought prior to the initiation <strong>of</strong><br />
an implementation phase. Some<br />
initiatives required the support<br />
<strong>of</strong> the NSW Industrial Relations<br />
Commission and Fair Work Australia<br />
during implementation.<br />
There was no time lost to industrial<br />
action during the year.<br />
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