Not exact matches
Public
sector workers have their
pensions protected, even if another
provider takes over the service, under «fair deal» rules agreed by Labour in the late 1990s.
The code also stipulated that private
sector providers of outsourced services had to employ transferring employees on their existing terms and conditions (including protection in relation to
pension benefits) and that new personnel who were required to work on a local authority contract alongside staff transferred from the local authority should be employed on terms «overall no less favourable» than those enjoyed by the transferred staff.
We have supported a number of independent
sector providers with NHS
Pension access applications particularly in the context of TUPE transfers where COSOP or Fair Deal may apply.
We advise public
sector employers, service
providers and Third
Sector employers on public
sector pension issues, with particular experience advising on the transfer of staff from the public
sector, the Fair Deal on Staff Transfers policy and the associated allocation of risk.
FSCO regulates the insurance
sector;
pension plans; loan and trust companies; credit unions and caisses populaires; the mortgage brokering
sector; co-operative corporations in Ontario; and service
providers who invoice auto insurers for statutory accident benefits claims.