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What does Outsourcing mean? Outsourcing is the engagement of a third-party supplier to perform functions or services that would otherwise be carried out in-house, with the instructing organisation (including law firms and in-house legal teams) retaining responsibility for the outcome, client care and regulatory compliance. The term is descriptive rather than a single statutory concept, although sectoral rules define it for specific purposes (for example, FCA/PRA and Central Bank of Ireland rules on material outsourcing; SRA Standards and Regulations and law society rules on supervision, confidentiality and client notification). Typical features include an outsourcing agreement or master services agreement setting service levels, governance, audit...

Outsourcing Agreement TUPE Provisions: Service Provision Change, Employee Transfer, Information, Liability Allocation and Exit/Replacement Supplier Arrangements

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1.1 In this Agreement:

Affiliate – in relation to any entity, means any other entity that Controls it, is Controlled by it, or is under common Control with it;
Control – and its variations – means a person’s ability to ensure that an entity’s affairs are carried on in line with that person’s wishes: (i) by holding Shares or possessing voting rights in the entity, or (ii) by powers granted by the Articles of association or any document governing or relating to the entity; ‘Controlled’ and ‘Controlling’ shall be interpreted accordingly;
[ Customer – [ insert name ] Limited, a company incorporated in [ England ] with registered number [ company number ], whose registered office is at [ address ]; ]
Effective Date – means [ 9 am ] on the date of this Agreement [ insert later date ];
Employee – means any individual who, immediately before the Effective Date, was an employee of the Customer and assigned to an organised grouping whose principal purpose was the performance of the Services;
Employee Information – means a current and accurate list containing...

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Blair Adams

Hill Dickinson

Blair acts for businesses in a variety of sectors, advising them on people issues of all kinds with a strategic and problem-solving approach.Blair’s expertise encompasses issues of day-to-day compliance, negotiating contracts and settlement agreements, projects such as restructuring or collective redundancy consultation, trade union recognition and industrial action, disputes in the Employment Tribunals and business transactions of many kinds, from outsourcing to private equity investment. Blair graduated from the University of Oxford with a First Class Degree in Modern Languages before completing his legal education at Nottingham Law School....

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