Skilled Group

Skilled Group

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Human Resources, Labour hire
Founded	1964
Headquarters	Melbourne, Victoria
Key people	Bruce Brook (Non-executive chairman) Chris Sutherland (Managing Director)[1]
Revenue	A$1,873,893 (2013)
Owner	Persol Holdings
Number of employees	Approximately 50.000 full- and part-time employees[2]
Parent	Programmed Maintenance
Website	skilled.com.au

Skilled Group is an Australian company headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria. Its core business is labour hire.[3] It is a subsidiary of Programmed Maintenance, which is itself a subsidiary of Japanese labour hire conglomerate Persol Holdings.

The company manages offices across multiple countries; including Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Malta and the United Arab Emirates.

Corporate history

The company was founded in 1964 by Frank Hargrave AO.[4]

In October 2015, Programmed Maintenance (ASX:PRG) acquired Skilled Group.[5][6]

In October 2017, Programmed Maintenance was acquired by Persol Holdings.

Legal controversies

In 2011, Telstra trainees took the company and its subsidiary Excelior to the industrial relations tribunal. The union said that trainees were not compensated enough for expenses during mandatory training.[7]

In 2015 in a landmark case, a couple was awarded damages of $720,000 against the company after being refused jobs for being non-union.[8]

See also

• Labour brokering
• Recruitment
• Temporary work

References

1. "PROGRAMMED MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED details". Australian Securities Exchange. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
2. "SKILLED Number of Employees". Macroaxis. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
3. Cratchley, Drew (24 February 2010). "Skilled Group recovery 'will take time'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australian Associated Press. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
4. Commins, Patrick (12 February 2012). "Skilled turnaround digs up yields". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
5. "SKILLED was acquired by Programmed Maintenance Services Limited - SKILLED". skilled.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 November 2015.
6. Evans, Simon (24 June 2015). "Skilled Group swallowed by rival Programmed Maintenance after 21 years on ASX". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
7. Bibby, Paul (5 January 2011). "Trainees argue for more pay to learn". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
8. "Non-union Perth couple awarded $720,000 after being denied jobs". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 30 March 2015.

External links

• Official website