Understanding the Public Services Industy

Public Services Industry Review
TUPE
VfM
Warwick Agreement
Transfer of undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations
(TUPE). It was introduced to protect employees if the business
in which they are employed changes hands. Its effect is to move
employees and any liabilities associated with them from the old
employer to the new employer by operation of law. See Box 4.2 for
more detail.
Value for Money is not about achieving the lowest initial price: It is
defined as the optimum combination of whole life costs and quality.
See Box 4.1 for more detail.
“Warwick” is the name given to over 100 policy commitments
included in the final report of the July 2004 National Policy Forum
(NPF) of the Labour Party. It is known as “Warwick” as the meeting
was held at the University of Warwick.
The Report formed the basis of the 2005 Labour Party Manifesto
and was agreed after 4 years of discussion between the Labour
Government, Labour Party Members, Trade Unions & Socialist
Societies.
The agreement covers the following areas; Fairness at Work;
Pensions; Public Services and Manufacturing
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