We are a charity website still in development and you could really help by telling us what you think of the site. Once you have had a chance to see the site, would you take part in a very short, confidential survey? You just have to click Launch Survey (it will open in a new window). Thank you very much.
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Hi, we experience this with chariities outsourcing their finance functions to us. Basically you need to go through a consultation phase and if you leave this until after decision making is completed then it often takes longer. Best way is to ensure that you include staff in discussions upfront so that they are aware of why the change is being looked into (often largely for cost savings). Under TUPE, if you are transferring a role to a third party then the individual currently undertaking the position has the option to transfer on the same T&C's to the new organisation. If there is no capacity due to it being a duplicate role, etc. then I think you are getting into potential redundancy/compromise positions. I am not an expert on this and with a potential merge position I would recommend you speak to a specialist. We have links with Mogers (www.mogers.co.uk) as they have a specialist employment team but you will find most law firms have them. We have some info on our website (www.charitybusiness.com/outsourcing/TUPE) but this is specifically focused on transferring a function so may not be wholly useful.
Hope this is of some help to kick things off. Good luck!
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