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big-all wrote:

Argyll wrote:

big-all wrote:as an aside
the new owner must accept all contracts in place:

Only for 3 years though.

didnt know there was a time limit off 3 years assumed it would be the full contract term or ongoing if no contract length stated
do you have a link to the 3 years clause/condition please

No but been told from several people. My mate worked at HMP Acklington/Castington (now HMP Northumberland) which was privatised in 2013. His T&C's are changing next month and he'll take a massive pay cut. He was one that told me so he should know.

i wonder if that was a condition negotiated by the union rather than "law"

people have been as they say 'touped' when a service went to a new provider in our organisation and I'm sure they only had to keep up the same conditions for a year or so, sorry can't recall but it was somehtinf like thta as I remember one moaning he woulds end up on a cash pension scheme.

Been an eventfull week, my team leader goes off on the sick on Monday, can only think that he has feeling the strain about this as well, one of my colleuges goes off on Tuesday signed off for a month (he is going through the same S*** as me)
Found out that my workplace investigation has been thrown out because of breaches of procedure and I went off yesterday, just couldn't take it anymore and have a doctors appointment on Monday, so the team is falling apart! Even had a harrasing phone call from my line manager yesterday and this was after he knew I was off ill! Christ, that knocked me for six! but back on a more even keel again, had to visit my colleuge to show him the report they sent me to reasure him that this will probaly be their findings in connection with his workplace investigation as he was bricking it thinking he would lose his job.
Well, what next, need to recover and plan for the future, having a family BBQ tomorrow, the first one in 10yrs as we had a caravan that was a victim of winter flooding so that life is over so looking forward to our gathering having family and friends round me like a blanket.

Can't wait!

You should have recorded the conversation.

I had some problems with my last boss and he done something similar. I let it be known to the works grass I had recorded the conversation (I hadn't) as I knew this info would be passed on to him.

He shat a brick and his attitude quickly changed.

Mate of mine worked at a place with difficult management.
I don't know all the details, but he felt it was untenable and retired at just over 60.
He managed OK until he was 65, and now he says he'd have retired earlier if he'd known what he knows now.

Work is a means of getting the money to live to my thinking. Not an end in itself.

Some man-agers seem to manage to drag everyone under them into their pile of crepe.

Enjoy your weekend.

maybe I should stay in the morose mood as my sense of humour seems to be hitting a creative streak, don't I have ever came up with a line to laugh at in any situation but one came to me today.

'I need to see my tailor, as this suicide vest is killing me!

Well, it made me chuckle and thats what I need just now

caravan72 wrote:'I need to see my tailor, as this suicide vest is killing me!

caravan72 wrote:people have been as they say 'touped' when a service went to a new provider in our organisation and I'm sure they only had to keep up the same conditions for a year or so, sorry can't recall but it was somehtinf like thta as I remember one moaning he woulds end up on a cash pension scheme.

It's TUPE not Toupe... (transfer of undertaking provisions)


http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1655

So your main terms and conditions of employment stay the same; However many companies that have been offering "final salary" pension schemes when sold will have to change/freeze your pension scheme, then offer you a different scheme. Final salary pension schemes were once sustainable but over the last 25/30 years or so have been an increasing liability for most companies. (BHS as one example)

TUPE covers your main terms and conditions of employment, length of service is retained for redundancy purposes but does not cover your pension scheme..... HTH

wine~o wrote:

caravan72 wrote:people have been as they say 'touped' when a service went to a new provider in our organisation and I'm sure they only had to keep up the same conditions for a year or so, sorry can't recall but it was somehtinf like thta as I remember one moaning he woulds end up on a cash pension scheme.

It's TUPE not Toupe... (transfer of undertaking provisions)


http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1655

So your main terms and conditions of employment stay the same; However many companies that have been offering "final salary" pension schemes when sold will have to change/freeze your pension scheme, then offer you a different scheme. Final salary pension schemes were once sustainable but over the last 25/30 years or so have been an increasing liability for most companies. (BHS as one example)

TUPE covers your main terms and conditions of employment, length of service is retained for redundancy purposes but

does not cover your pension scheme..... HTH

Are you my father inlaw! as he is a retired English teacher and he always corrects me! but I love him! 86 yrs old and I can take the p*ss out of him and he gets it every time!

caravan72 wrote:

wine~o wrote:

caravan72 wrote:people have been as they say 'touped' when a service went to a new provider in our organisation and I'm sure they only had to keep up the same conditions for a year or so, sorry can't recall but it was somehtinf like thta as I remember one moaning he woulds end up on a cash pension scheme.

It's TUPE not Toupe... (transfer of undertaking provisions)


http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1655

So your main terms and conditions of employment stay the same; However many companies that have been offering "final salary" pension schemes when sold will have to change/freeze your pension scheme, then offer you a different scheme. Final salary pension schemes were once sustainable but over the last 25/30 years or so have been an increasing liability for most companies. (BHS as one example)

TUPE covers your main terms and conditions of employment, length of service is retained for redundancy purposes but

does not cover your pension scheme..... HTH

Are you my father inlaw! as he is a retired English teacher and he always corrects me! but I love him! 86 yrs old and I can take the p*ss out of him and he gets it every time!

Hang on.. let me just check.

Nope; I'm not your FIL.

wine~o wrote:

caravan72 wrote:

wine~o wrote:

caravan72 wrote:people have been as they say 'touped' when a service went to a new provider in our organisation and I'm sure they only had to keep up the same conditions for a year or so, sorry can't recall but it was somehtinf like thta as I remember one moaning he woulds end up on a cash pension scheme.

It's TUPE not Toupe... (transfer of undertaking provisions)


http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1655

So your main terms and conditions of employment stay the same; However many companies that have been offering "final salary" pension schemes when sold will have to change/freeze your pension scheme, then offer you a different scheme. Final salary pension schemes were once sustainable but over the last 25/30 years or so have been an increasing liability for most companies. (BHS as one example)


TUPE covers your main terms and conditions of employment, length of service is retained for redundancy purposes but

does not cover your pension scheme..... HTH

Are you my father inlaw! as he is a retired English teacher and he always corrects me! but I love him! 86 yrs old and I can take the p*ss out of him and he gets it every time!

Hang on.. let me just check.

Nope; I'm not your FIL.

Did u do a throughy check, DNA and family tree and all, cause I'm sure there is a connection! with my ever and always growing family tree, we could have some distant spaver connection! You never know as I've grown to learn!
Actually I was aware of the pension situation as the guy who was T**** whatever! moaned he was now going on a money scheme.

Easy to say but if you let it get you down they are winning. I've had bloody good reason to get upset at real hurt from various political government changes and some cultural changes over six decades, also stuff from 'ordinary' people. i hold to my won philosophy. The trick most forget is to learn to change but only compromise where forced to, then leave the crap behind and move on as quickly as possible to the next phase. You have to or YOU are wrong and proving that with a miserable life. i don't know your best course through this nasty passage but i do know some things are worthwhile and some not. Contentment isn't easy and you won't get it from giving in but sometimes not from being inflexible. i do know that depression stops all gain. So please trya nd look forward and set goals you keep in sight to give you a balance as you go. Wish you luck.

big-all wrote:i wonder if that was a condition negotiated by the union rather than "law"

It's law apparently. They tried to make it a year but employment law prevailed.