Unions challenge outsourcing claims

Denmark

The FOA and OAO trade union organisations have questioned the conclusions of a report that claims municipalities can achieve 15%-20% cost savings if they outsource local care services. FOA and OAO undertook a review of the report that was published in November by the Procurement Council. The unions challenge the savings achieved and suggest that this is normally because private firms used staff with lower levels of training than in the municipal sector and rely more on part-time workers and pay no overtime.
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