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Union expresses exasperation over Skills Ladder stop gap

Unite has expressed its exasperation over the fact that AXA Insurance has still not rolled out a replacement reward system for staff previously on Skills Ladders.

It was announced back in February that Skills Ladders would cease operation from 1st July 2007 and the union welcomed this move due to the failings and unfairness of the system at many sites.

However, despite a Union suggestion to adopt a simple mechanism utilising the existing Compass system and setting specific skills acquisition as performance targets as an easy to understand stop gap before the new One AXA Performance Management system is introduced in 2008, AXA Insurance has set up a number of disparate working groups which no one has taken overall control of.

Consequently a lot of work is being done and effort expended pulling in different directions without a clear steer or mandate, resulting in the fact that hundreds of AXA Insurance staff are currently working without any idea of how they will be rewarded for their performance.

The Union have made it clear that this situation is patently unacceptable in a "People Based Organisation" attempting to become "The Preferred Company" and requires immediate action from AXA Insurance to let staff know how their performance will be rewarded, how they can work to improve this and how this will be recognised.

20th July 2007

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