Maritime Placements (Pvt) Limited diversifies to meet new challenges

Maritime Placements (Pvt) Ltd (MPL), one of the pioneers in the staff search and placement industry has diversified into specialized areas to meet new challenges that would need a whole gamut of staff in several areas of expertise. The company recently opened three subsidiaries, namely MPL Transport and Engineering Services (Pvt) Ltd, MPL Outsourcing (Pvt) Ltd and MPL Contractual Solutions (Pvt) Ltd.

Established in 1978 and having contracted well over 10,000 local placements for some of the best business houses in the country, the company originally commenced under the name Maritime International Limited. The benchmark set in 1978 has been maintained to this day, with the company extracting the best of local and international practices to serve its clientele in a truly professional manner.

Branching into the outsourcing business has been an exciting challenge for MPL since many local companies had not fully realized the benefits of outsourcing their non- core operational functions to a partner. Hence MPL, through its outsourcing arm had the opportunity of introducing the concept and its practicality which would enable organizations to divest their non-core functions such as accounting, IT, administration, payroll, front office, customer service, janitorial and maintenance work to a partner, thus recalling valuable corporate time to concentrate on their core competencies and improving their businesses.

An attractive slant to outsourcing is its cost savings. The employer may contract the services of MPL as it's outsource partner whilst retaining their own business premises, tools, equipment and raw materials. MPL would provide employees to perform specific tasks or whole areas of non-core activity for the principal employer. The outsourcing partner (MPL) is thus considered the employer, freeing the principal employer from the traditional employer-employee relationship and responsibilities towards statutory requirements.

The outsourcing partner as the service provider is expected to comply with all statutory obligations in respect of the employee. The responsibility of the outsourced partner is to ensure that the outsourced employees are motivated, performing well and enjoying the same perquisites as conventional employees. Outsourcing, a worldwide trend yet new to Sri Lanka, has proved to be an immense relief to small and large organizations who have been impressed with the quality of service of MPL. In fact client referrals have increased its portfolio considerably within a short time of operations. MPL Contractual Solutions, one of the diversified arms of MPL was established to manage the various obligations and duties of both client and partner since some assignments are time or event driven.

The company provides contractual tracking and management processes to ensure that obligations are met by both parties in the context of the agreement whilst assessing and refining processes on a continual basis.