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Why outsourcing divorce can end in tears…
Comment Because of Tupe, (transfer of undertakings - protection of employment) the contract should detail, among other things, the identity of the staff who will transfer, pensions and redundancies. But public sector organisations considering going... [04 Feb 2008]
Reuters inks £20m IT support deal
News An unconfirmed number of Reuters support staff will transfer across to Computacenter under Tupe regulations. Goehring said in a statement: "Computacenter has a good fit with our customers and a proven track record in Tupe and retaining transferred... [04 Sep 2007]
FSA signs far-reaching outsourcing deals
News The relationship kicked off with all IT and telecoms being handed over to Fujitsu Services, which has also taken on 40 FSA employees under Tupe employment protection regulations. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has handed the bulk of its IT... [20 Apr 2007]
Southampton's outsourcing costs double to £290m
News Around 600 council employees will transfer across to the private sector with Capita under Tupe outsourcing regulations. The cost of Southampton City Council's plans to overhaul its customer and corporate services by outsourcing them to the private... [23 Mar 2007]
£300m council deal goes to BT and Liberata
News Around 525 council employees will either be seconded or transferred under Tupe regulations to BT and Liberata. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council has chosen BT and Liberata as preferred bidders for a 15-year £300m contract to overhaul the... [05 Jan 2007]
Prudential inks £40m Capita outsourcing deal
News Around 450 staff in Prudential's customer services and support services operations in Belfast will move across to Capita under Tupe employment transfer regulations this autumn. Prudential has signed a £40m contract to outsource its UK life and... [18 Aug 2006]
TUPE Helps BAA Retain Critical IT Skills
White Paper Thanks to Computacenter's previous TUPE (Transfer of Undertaking Protection of Employment) experience, it was not only able to advise BAA on the ramifications of the regulations but also reassure the company about the success of the process with... [10 Aug 2006]
Bull charges Barnsley £76.8m in IT deal
News A spokeswoman for Barnsley said 105 IT staff will transfer over to Bull under Tupe employment transfer regulations as part of the contract. French IT services company Bull Information Systems has won a £76.8m outsourcing deal at Barnsley... [06 Jul 2006]
AA in £10m network outsourcing deal with C&W
News Three AA staff will transfer to C&W under the Tupe outsourcing employment regulations. Motoring organisation the AA has outsourced management of its voice and data networks to Cable & Wireless (C&W) in a £10m deal. [28 Jun 2006]
Employment law changes impact outsourcing
News The new Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations - know as Tupe - were updated in April this year, and will bring in changes for employers and outsourcers, according to law firm Osborne Clarke. [09 Jun 2006]
Opinion: Insourcing - when the honeymoon is over
Comment Personnel provisions: In outsourcing, staff are often transferred to work for the supplier under the TUPE legislation. What are the legal considerations for bringing an outsourcing deal back in-house - aka 'insourcing'? [31 Jan 2006]
Council set to sack HBS from £250m outsourcing deal
News She said the council will fully comply with TUPE employment regulations in accepting a transfer of HBS staff to the council. Bedfordshire County Council is set to terminate its £250m outsourcing deal with Hyder Business Services (HBS) after losing... [19 Jul 2005]
Severn Trent Water to outsource IT
News Severn Trent Water has 270 IT staff and a proportion of those will remain in-house but the company is looking for an outsourcer with experience of TUPE staff transfer involving "over 100 IT staff". Severn Trent Water is set to outsource the running... [13 Jun 2005]
IT outsourcing redundancies may spark strike
News Strike action was narrowly averted during the tender phase of Bradford-i after the council agreed that staff could opt for secondment to the project instead of a permanent TUPE transfer to the private sector. [23 May 2005]
Union hails Lloyds TSB and Fujitsu transfer terms
News Amicus Unifi admitted that the deal for staff is still not perfect but said it was the best TUPE transfer it had seen at Lloyds TSB Bernadette Fisher, national officer at Amicus Unifi, told the staff in a newsletter: "Access to the defined benefits... [29 Apr 2005]
