http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/outsourcing-library/employment-impacts/ The effect of outsourcing and the procurement and commissioning process on jobs, terms and conditions. en Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit 2005-04-26T11:58:26Z European Services Strategy Unit, Duagh, Camp, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. Dexter Whitfield job losses, TUPE, code of practice, outsourcing, pensions, wage cuts, PPP, PFI, SSP, strategic service delivery partnership, affordability, refinancing, democratic accountability, risk, public sector, reconfiguring services, public services, best value, privatisation, value for money, public investment, procurement, facilities management, in-house services, two-tier workforce, public assets, corporate welfare, public goods, transaction costs, public private partnerships, private finance, private finance initiative, daily 1 2001-04-13T12:00Z http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/outsourcing-library/employment-impacts/secondment-of-staff-for-new-tyne-tunnel/ The case for seconding the 95 staff employed on the existing Tyne Tunnel rather than transferring them to the operator of the New Tunnel was set in a detailed report for Newcastle UNISON (see also How to Exclude Support Services from Building Schools for the Future and PFI Projects report in 2005 news section). However, the Passenger Transport Authority decided to transfer staff to the new operator when the tunnel is built. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2008-03-28T17:55:50Z PFI, Public Private Partnership, secondment, outsourcing, employment risk matrix, outsourcing, Public Finance Initiative, PPP, Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/outsourcing-library/employment-impacts/what-frontline-staff-say-about-strategic-servi/ Strategic Service Delivery Partnerships (SSPs) have been heralded as having the potential to revolutionise service delivery and playing a key role in the government’s modernisation agenda of reform for public services. This report examines these claims, testing them against evidence gathered from frontline staff whose employment had passed into the hands of the private sector in five of the earliest SSPs- involving Blackburn and Darwen Council, Lincolnshire County Council, Liverpool City Council, Middlesbrough Borough Council, and London Borough of Southwark. It finds damning evidence of lower job security and satisfaction, less career development and training opportunities, decreased service quality and the absence of consultation over decisions affecting the workforce. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2008-03-28T17:52:31Z PPPs, Public Private Partnerships, SSPs, Blackburn, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Lincolnshire, Southwark, job satisfaction, staff participation, private contractors, outsourcing, BT, Atkins, HBS, Capita, trade union organisation, Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/outsourcing-library/employment-impacts/the-employment-and-financial-impact-of-market/ This report examines the employment and financial impact of competitive tendering in the NHS in Northern Ireland between 19988 and 1993. The research findings are combined with the findings of the Northern Ireland Equal Opportunities Commission investigation into competitive tendering in health and education services (NIEOC, 1996). Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2008-03-28T17:47:32Z competitive tendering, NHS, outsourcing, market testing, job losses, savings claims, Northern Ireland, value for money, Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/outsourcing-library/employment-impacts/employment-risk-matrix/ There are basically three employment models if outsourcing or transfer is proposed: 1) Secondment in which staff remain employed by the public sector. 2) Transfer to a new employer under the TUPE regulations 3) A ‘choice’ model promoted by some private contractors which is a mix of secondment and transfer. The European Services Strategy Unit has devised an Employment Risk Matrix which assesses the degree of changes in four categories of risk: Risk of changes to terms and conditions of service. Pensions arrangements (not covered by TUPE regulations). Risk of changes to staff consultation and representation. Risk of problems with secondment agreement. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2008-03-28T17:42:15Z quality of jobs, job losses, TUPE, code of practice, outsourcing, pensions, wage cuts, PPP, PFI, SSP, strategic service delivery partnership, affordability, refinancing, democratic accountability, risk, public sector, reconfiguring services, public services, best value, privatisation, value for money, public investment, procurement, facilities management, in-house services, two-tier workforce, Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit