A GROUP of supervisors at Babcock in Rosyth have been sacked due to allegations that they have taken advantage of a voucher incentive programme.
Babcock International Group, which owns and operates Rosyth Dockyard, has been rewarding good work by its employees using vouchers, but now the Press understands as many as nine bosses at the yard were dismissed last week due to claims the scheme was being abused.
A source, who has asked to remain anonymous, told The Dunfermline Press that members of middle to upper management at Babcock had their employment terminated due to rewarding each other with incentive vouchers.
Explaining the situation, they commented: “There’s been an incentive programme within Babcock where employees come up with ideas to make the plant better, more efficient.
“It could be anything basic that just helps the wheels turn a bit faster, a bit better.
“There’s small incentives being paid with regards to that. It may be a £25 voucher, maybe a £50 voucher, we’re not talking thousands of pounds, just a kind of wee minimal incentive for employees to look at their work, see if it can be done better and more efficient.
“This has been taken advantage of from members of middle to high management who are basically rewarding each other the pay outs.”
The source added that one member of staff will pay another the voucher and congratulate them on their good idea, without them having done anything to be rewarded.
They added: “This has gone on for a few months and they’ve been caught."
Babcock confirmed that they had "identified an issue", and had taken action.
A spokesperson said: “Any breach of company policies or programmes is very disappointing and falls short of the standards we expect.
“Our own governance processes identified an issue, which has been investigated and addressed in line with our procedures.
“As this relates to confidential employment matters, it would not be appropriate to comment further."
