MORE than 20 jobs at Morrisons' headquarters in Bradford are being relocated to Scotland in a shake-up of business operations at the supermarket giant.

A total of 23 roles in Morrisons' maintenance operations are affected.

This comes at a time when the Bradford-based supermarket is in the process of transferring more than 300 call centre jobs at Hilmore House, on Gain Lane, to telecoms services firm Webhelp.

Morrisons has issued a statement explaining the change.

A spokesperson said Morrisons is doing "everything" it can to help those affected.

"We announced earlier this year that we had partnered with CityFM to manage our maintenance operations," they told the Telegraph & Argus.

"As part of that change they will also manage our maintenance helpdesk and so 23 roles are being relocated to Scotland and we are doing everything we can to help those colleagues.

"This is unrelated to the Webhelp announcement we made last week."

Employees at Morrisons contacted the T&A last Thursday (May 18) following the transfer announcement of hundreds of contact centre jobs at Morrisons' HQ on Gain Lane to telecom services firm Webhelp.

The controversial move, which will impact more than 300 members of staff, comes amid "broader reviews" across the business after what was described as a "very challenging" 12 months.

Morrisons said in a letter to employees that as part of the transfer "current pay rate and terms and conditions and length of service will be protected" and Webhelp has said it will "fully comply with its legal obligations for the proposed transfer and conditions of employment".

A Webhelp spokesperson said: "Webhelp will fully comply with all of its legal obligations in relation to the proposed transfer of people and services as the terms and conditions of employment are wholly protected under TUPE regulations, along with continuity of service.

"We will be engaging with elected Employee Representatives throughout the TUPE consultation process, and look forward to positive and meaningful discussions about our exciting new partnership with Morrisons."

Anna Lane, Customer Service Director at Morrisons, said: “After a very thorough selection process, we are very pleased to be going into partnership with Webhelp, who have an excellent reputation for delivering great levels of customer service."

"I'm delighted that there will not be a single redundancy in our customer contact centre associated with this move as all affected Morrisons colleagues are joining Webhelp UK under TUPE regulations.”