Morag McKelvie

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NEC Semiconductors (UK) Limited1982 2002

• Morag McKelvie
• Formerly HR Manager

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NEC Semiconductors (UK) Limited1982 2002

• Employees 1600
• Investment 810m
• Land space 518,000m²
• Wafer Fab lines (x2), Assembly and Testing
• Main products memory, ASIC and microprocessors

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What Happened.?

• Cyclical markets
• Lack of demand for product
• Over capacity within NEC Corp
• We tried natural wastage recruitment
  restrictions overtime restrictions
  cost-cutting initiatives, etc.,

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What Happened.?

• 31st July 2001 Announced 600
  redundancies
• Markets continued to worsen
• 18th December 2001 Announced plant
  closure

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The Next Steps..
Risk Assessment
Legal Issues
Management training
Business Plan
Communication
Outplacement
Documentation Policy Development
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Our Objectives..

• to provide employees with practical help towards
  career or life transition, creating as little
  hardship as possible
• to ensure that employees feel the process is
  fair-minded, supportive, responsible and decent
• for the Company reputation as a good employer
  to remain intact/enhanced

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NextMove Centre

• A collaboration between-
• NEC (project management)
• Scottish Enterprise
• Coutts Consultants

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NextMove Centre

• Employees would see-
• One service
• One provider
• One place
• One NextMove.

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The Team..
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The Practicalities..

• Dedicated area on-site centre
• Welcoming, open-plan area
• Private rooms
• Computer suite
• Internet café
• Office services
• Presence from all partners
• Opening hours to suit users

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Targets Standards

• Practical returns
• employees resettled within x days of
  leaving
• Quality Returns
• employee views
• Evidence of individual attention
• career transition plans, CVs, workshops
• Meaningful interface with all partners
• maintaining favourable public perception

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Working Together.Communicating

• Daily operations meetings
• Every morning _at_ 8.30am
• All team members on site that day
• Focus for the day
• Focus on forthcoming events

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Working Together.Communicating

• Weekly strategic meetings
• Chaired by NEC
• Presence from all parties
• Report on statistics
• Update from each party
• Focus on forthcoming events

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Working Together.Communicating

• Fortnightly meeting with Consultation Group
• Regular consultation with Employee
  representatives
• Report by NEC chairperson
• NextMove rep present
• QA session feedback important

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Support for employees.

• Pre-decision counselling
• One-to-one counselling
• CV preparation
• Workshops
• Jobs Fairs
• Newsletters

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Support for employees.

• Freephone helpline
• See V project
• European Computer Driving Licence
• Other vocational training
• Information sessions
• Financial advice

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Our Achievements.

• provided employees with practical help towards
  career or life transition
• ensured that employees felt the process was
  fair-minded, supportive, responsible and decent
• ensured the Company reputation as a good
  employer remained intact/enhanced

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The NextMove.
Life After NEC...