• When does TUPE apply?
• The latest rules on outsourcing
• What the new cases say about outsourcing and TUPE
• Difficult issues such as secondment and atypical transactions
• An overview of exactly how TUPE 2006 works, as far as potential transfers

• Application of TUPE to pension benefits: what transfers and what is excluded? 
• Future service protection under the Pensions Act 2004 
• Constructive dismissal issues relating to pensions
• Information and consultation requirements 
• Additional public sector protection: overview of "Fair Deal"

• Our role in the TUPE transfer
• Working with the transferee’s HR department to facilitate a smooth transfer
• Pre-transfer due diligence – what is expected 
• Harmonising terms and conditions
• Integration and assimilation

• Changing employee terms and conditions; important case law
• New TUPE: making an ‘ETO’ defence against unfair dismissal, showing that it was for an economic, technical organisational reason
• Will the defence be effective and what is its scope
• Making redundancies and other measures post transfer
• Second, third and fourth generation TUPE – untangling the mess

• The PCS agenda on outsourcing and TUPE
• A PCS View - TUPE and Outsourcing in Central Government, Cabinet Office Code of Practice.
• Pre-transfer issues – what do unions want to know? Procurement, Engagement
• Post transfer – Setting the Framework , Harmonisation, Getting along

• Our role in the TUPE transfer
• Ticking all the legal boxes
• Informing and communicating with staff – what is required by law and approaches we employed
• Supporting staff through a TUPE transfer - Managing employee expectations and concerns
• Coping with staff who do not wish to transfer

Your chance to ask questions of Dr John McMullen and this afternoon’s speakers questions on some of the more advanced issues surrounding TUPE transfers. 

• International and cross-border TUPE
• Managing 2^nd or 3^rd generation TUPE transactions 
• Dismissals and TUPE
• Q&A