1. Philip Bundy, Senior Employment Law Adviser Workforce Team, LGA 20 November 2014 Public Sector Transfers: SFIS

2. #lgaworkforce Big Public Sector Transfers So far... Public Health (in), Single Fraud Investigation Service/CPS (out), Universal Credit (out), Land Registry (out) The Issues: Terms of transfer: TUPE or TUPE-like under COSOP? Despite COSOP, lack of consistency from Government Funding / New Burdens

3. #lgaworkforce Big Public Sector Transfers What we’re doing at a national level Political lobbying / pressure Membership of steering groups Facilitating discussion with unions Briefings to stakeholders (events, docs etc) Sharing the learning Aiming for consistency of process

4. #lgaworkforce Single Fraud Investigation Service Timescale: June 2014, October 2014 to March 2016 Transfer terms: –TUPE itself? –‘COSOP’ type Statutory Transfer Order: Transfers staff with protections against dismissal (no time limit), but no informing and consulting duties. Terms and conditions changes can be agreed, subject to normal rules

5. #lgaworkforce Single Fraud Investigation Service Structured approach HR SPOC Trade Union/Employer Group ‘Measures’ (e.g. change in pay date) –Issues: Pay award date, car allowances, location Pay and grading: pay protected but ‘shadow’ grading: appeals process Pension issues not yet resolved

6. #lgaworkforce Crown Prosecution Service Transfer of benefit fraud prosecution work to CPS Small number of councils and employees involved CPS refuses to accept employees on a TUPE and/or COSOP basis Impact on Universal Credit: different transferee/scale/working arrangements

7. #lgaworkforce Single Fraud Investigation Service Questions