manpower program overview

Manpower Coordination Program (MCP) is a membership benefit. Participation in MCP is voluntary and has an associated monthly fee structure.

There are two primary components of the MCP. The first component is referral. IEC/MCP places weekly classified ads in local newspapers to recruit electricians/journeymen, electrical helpers and prospective electrical apprentice trainees. Our Manpower Coordinator performs the preliminary screening of respondents and then refers appropriate applicants to participating Member Contractors who have expressed a need for workers. The contractor then has the option to interview the referral. Any hiring decisions are completely up to the contractor. This is a real time and cost savings benefit to our members!

The second component of MCP is the coordination of loaning/borrowing employees. For example, there may be times when a Member Contractor has brief time lapses between projects; or perhaps work projects have temporarily slowed down but he anticipates the workload will be back to normal in a few weeks and he doesn't want to lay-off workers for fear of losing them permanently to another contractor. Here's a feasible option: he can loan employee(s) to another MCP contractor who needs to borrow some temporary help. The "home" contractor (the loaner) and the "host" contractor (the borrower) work out a financial arrangement whereas the workers will remain on the "home" contractor's payroll during the loan period and the "host" contractor will compensate him. (For guideline purposes only, this Chapter suggests a compensation arrangement of 150% of loaned employee(s) wages). Upon conclusion of the agreed term of employment, loaned employee(s) must be returned to the "home" contractor. The host firm should not attempt to solicit the loaned employees for permanent hire.

IEC-FWCC Member Contractors who elect to participate in the MCP must commit to a minimum of one year.