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Contractors responsible for low-paid cleaning staff and ‘allegedly low levels of cleanliness’, says Westfield
- May 18, 2012
- By alan
- Contracting, Email Newsletter
Pointing out ‘we at Westfield really don’t know to clean a shopping centre’, Westfield non-executive chairman Frank Lowy told shareholders at the group’s AGM last Wednesday 17 May that questions from the floor pertaining to poor cleaners’ wages and low cleanliness levels really belong to the contractors providing the services. An item by Scott Rochford in the Sydney Morning Herald’s [...]

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WFBSC 2012 presentation content strongly focused on BSC issues
- May 17, 2012
- By alan
- Contracting, Email Newsletter
One the most important international building service contractor events, the 19th World Federation of Building Service Contractor (WFBSC) International Congress will deliver a programme strongly focused on international and local BSC issues. The Congress will be held in Brazil’s ‘sustainable’ city of Curitiba from 10 to 14 October 2012 and it is expected to attract some 1,000 leading BSC delegates [...]

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RNS hospital staff stop work over cleaning dispute
- May 4, 2012
- By Kim Taranto
- Contracting, Healthcare
An update on the cleaning dispute published by 702 ABC Sydney on 4 May reports that ‘members of the Health Services Union at Sydney’s Royal North Shore (RNS) Hospital are due to stop work this afternoon in the 12-week long dispute over cleaning services.’ The meeting will follow a compulsory conference in the Industrial Relations Commission between the union and the contractor [...]

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Hospital cleaning staff dispute causes patient risk
- May 3, 2012
- By Kim Taranto
- Contracting, Healthcare
The dispute between Infrashore, the consortium responsible for the $1.1 billion public-private partnership (PPP), the subcontractor ISS Health Services and the government body Health Infrastructure has now reached a turning point. According to a Sydney Morning Herald article (3 March) by Amy Corderoy, ‘infectious patients at Royal North Shore Hospital are being abandoned in corridors for hours because there are [...]

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Spotless agrees to PEP takeover bid
- April 30, 2012
- By alan
- Contracting
An article in The Age on 30 April announced that ’industrial services company Spotless has agreed to a full takeover by private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) for a total cash consideration of $2.71 per share.’ ‘The takeover bid is worth $720 million takeover offer and was less than the $2.80 minimum share price offer that the company wanted. <iframe id=”dcAd-1-3″ [...]

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BSCs Beware: health department dumped unfit hospital staff
- April 27, 2012
- By Kim Taranto
- Contracting
A recent Sydney Morning Herald (26 April) article by Julie Robotham reported that ‘NSW Health dumped dozens of sick, unqualified and chronically absent staff on the consortium that has taken over the running of Royal North Shore Hospital, the head of the $1.1 billion project claims.’ This is an issue that BSCs need to be wary of when taking on [...]

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Shopping centre hygiene severely lacking, says United Voice’s audit report
- April 18, 2012
- By alan
- Contracting
While it received predictably dismissive responses from property owner/manager stakeholders, a hygiene audit conducted in New South Wales and Victorian shopping centres has revealed worryingly poor cleaning practices. The audit’s results have prompted United Voice to call on all industry stakeholders to work towards cleaning hygiene standards as well as take responsibility for hygiene outcomes on all sites. This major [...]

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Pro-active Spotless to audit employee pay packets
- April 16, 2012
- By alan
- Contracting
Spotless has agreed to audit employment records in every State and Territory in a move aimed at ensuring its 30,000 employees are being paid properly. It has followed a lead set by McDonald’s, Domino’s and Red Rooster. Spotless, in collaboration with the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO), has agreed that two of its entities – Spotless Services Limited and Berkeley Challenge [...]

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Protecting BSCs from unfair public liability indemnity burdens
- March 16, 2012
- By alan
- Contracting
In an increasingly litigious business environment, it is vital that contract cleaners, and other service providers, work closely with their insurance brokers and legal people to ensure they do not leave their firms vulnerable to patently unfair public liability (PL) claims. That was a clear message imparted at a recent industry meeting. Conducted in response to its members’ growing concerns, [...]

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OCS Group sets sights on major Asian growth
- March 9, 2012
- By alan
- Contracting
UK-headquartered OCS Group has acquired the Singapore outsourced cleaning company Don Thaker Group (DTG) ‘as a key step in the Group’s strategic 40 million (pound sterling) expansion plan for the region.’ In an announcement made early this week, OCS Group CEO Chris Cracknell, explained, “We intend to grow revenues derived from overseas operations rapidly over the next three years. Following [...]

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Contractors responsible for low-paid cleaning staff and ‘allegedly low levels of cleanliness’, says Westfield

WFBSC 2012 presentation content strongly focused on BSC issues

RNS hospital staff stop work over cleaning dispute

Hospital cleaning staff dispute causes patient risk

Spotless agrees to PEP takeover bid

BSCs Beware: health department dumped unfit hospital staff

Shopping centre hygiene severely lacking, says United Voice’s audit report

Pro-active Spotless to audit employee pay packets

Protecting BSCs from unfair public liability indemnity burdens

OCS Group sets sights on major Asian growth

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