| 1 | Bribery Act 2010: issues for employment lawyers This note considers the implications of the Bribery Act 2010, which came into force on 1 July 2011, for employment lawyers and what employers need to do to prepare for the change. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Bribery Act 2010: toolkit A toolkit to assist with Bribery Act 2010 compliance. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Document retention toolkit A toolkit to guide users through PLC's UK, US and international content on document retention. It includes materials on retention of employment records, Companies Act 2006 requirements and electronic disclosure. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Main issues in outsourcing contracts A summary of the key legal and commercial considerations and negotiating issues arising in relation to IT outsourcing agreements. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 5 | Outsourcing: overview This note considers the issues that arise in relation to outsourcing, both from a customer and a supplier's perspective, including a review of the outsourcing process and the contractual arrangements involved, and discussion of issues relevant to different types of outsourcing, including IT, telecommunications, financial services and business process outsourcing, offshore and multi-jurisdictional outsourcing, outsourcing in the public sector and website hosting. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 6 | Shared services and partnership working: toolkit A toolkit to guide users through key maintained PLC content on shared services, partnership working and outsourcing, including links to all the relevant materials. For materials on staff issues and TUPE see Staff transfers under TUPE. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 7 | Staff transfers under TUPE: toolkit A toolkit to guide users through key maintained PLC content on staff transfers under TUPE, including links to all the relevant materials. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 8 | TUPE: overview This note provides an overview of the key issues arising from the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 and links to more detailed practice notes. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 9 | Best value: considerations in outsourcing A practice note on the best value regime, how it has developed and best value considerations in outsourcing. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Best value: implications for employment law A practice note outlining the implications of the best value regime for employment law. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Bribery Act 2010 anti-corruption policies This note addresses the issues to consider in creating an anti-corruption policy with particular emphasis on the Bribery Act 2010, the new offence of failing to prevent bribery under section 7 of that Act and the adequate procedures defence to that offence. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Bribery Act 2010: jurisdictional reach A note examining the jurisdictional reach of the Bribery Act 2010. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Cloud computing An analysis of the key legal and commercial considerations arising in relation to cloud computing and related agreements. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | Collaborative procurement: taking advantage of another ... A note considering how a public authority can utilise a contract awarded by another public authority. The note considers the three main possibilities: Awarding a call-off contract under a framework agreement. Entering into a separate contract directly with the other public authority's provider. Entering into a contract with the other public authority, who will then subcontract the provision of the services. The note considers the legal issues involved in these three options and also the circumstances when it may be appropriate to use them. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Communications outsourcing This note looks at the issues relating to communications outsourcing transactions, including structuring; different types of services; pricing; service levels and service credits; acceptable use; tax and regulatory issues; and other relevant considerations. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | Data protection in outsourcing transactions: the UK ... This article is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to outsourcing. For a full list of contents, please visit www.practicallaw.com/outsourcinghandbook. This article outlines some key issues companies should consider regarding the processing of personal information in UK outsourcing transactions. In particular, it explains: The principles of the Data Protection 1998 Act concerning the processing of personal data, the key rights that the Data Protection Act gives to data subjects, the consequences for companies of breaching the Data Protection Act and the key issues that arise in outsourcing transactions as a result of the Data Protection Act's requirements. | Practice notes | 01-Feb-2011 |
| 17 | Due diligence in outsourcing A discussion of the due diligence needed in connection with outsourcing. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 18 | Multi-jurisdictional outsourcing This practice note considers some of the key issues that arise in relation to multi-jurisdictional outsourcing, including the process involved in managing the outsourcing of services globally, how to structure such a transaction, transfer and service issues and other global and local issues. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 19 | Offshore outsourcing This Practice note sets out the commercial, legal and regulatory issues that companies looking to offshore aspects of their business need to address. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 20 | OGC model contracts A Practice note outlining the various model contracts published by the Office of Government Commerce, including where they can be accessed and when to use them. Note: in 2010 the OGC was transferred from HM Treasury to the Efficiency and Reform Group within the Cabinet Office where it was confirmed that it ceased to exist as a separate entity in 2012. However, the agreements referred to in this note have not yet been superseded and are still available for use (although they are no longer updated by the government). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 21 | OGC model ICT agreement: a precedent for general ... A note considering the key issues to consider prior to choosing the OGC model ICT services agreement as a precedent agreement for a non-ICT services outsourcing. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 22 | Outsourcing agreements: drafting and negotiating ... This practice note considers typical employment indemnities and warranties in outsourcing agreements. The note compares entry provisions (on an original or first generation outsourcing) and exit provisions (where the original outsourcing terminates and the services are brought back in house or transferred to a subsequent supplier), explores alternative exit structures and examines the issues that are likely to arise on second generation outsourcings. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 23 | Outsourcing in the financial services sector This note outlines the FCA and PRA's rules and guidance on outsourcing and also considers the regulators' requirements regarding third party processors and outsourcing by recognised bodies. An overview of EU and international guidance in relation to outsourcing in the financial services sector is included as well. PLC Financial Services has also made available to subscribers PLC's multi-jurisdictional guide on outsourcing. This guide brings together a range of information on current cross-border issues and includes country-specific Q&A guides. Each jurisdiction is described in a separate chapter, written by one of the leading law firms on the subject in that jurisdiction. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 24 | Outsourcing: tax Tax is likely to be one of the main concerns for the corporate parties to any outsourcing arrangement. This practice note explains the tax issues that may arise both during the commercial and tax structuring of an outsourcing involving the UK and when the outsourcing is "up-and-running" and the outsourced services are being provided by the relevant service provider. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 25 | Public procurement in the UK A practice note looking at the public procurement regime that applies in England and Wales. It includes a review of who must comply, contract thresholds, in-house contract award, the obligations if the rules do apply and the remedies for a failure to comply with the rules. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 26 | Retention of employment model This practice note provides an overview of the retention of employment model (RoE) looking specifically at the use of RoE in relation to transfers of services from the public sector to the private sector. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 27 | Service levels and service credit schemes in outsourcing This practice note analyses how service levels may be set and used in outsourcing transactions and the service credit schemes that may be employed to encourage good performance under an outsourcing contract. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 28 | Shared services in the public sector: an introduction A note introducing the public sector shared services initiative, looking at what services are suitable for a shared delivery approach and the risks and benefits of sharing services. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 29 | Shared services in the public sector: key legal issues A note considering the key legal issues that must be considered in any public sector shared services project. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 30 | Shared services in the public sector: structures for delivery A note looking at the various project structures that can be used in public sector shared services projects and addressing the issues that are likely to arise when implementing them. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 31 | Special issues in IT outsourcing This note looks at the issues relating to different types of IT and ICT outsourcing transactions, including in relation to data centre and hosting services, desktop services, applications development, applications maintenance and support, voice and data network services, disaster recovery, and managed services. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 32 | Subsequent-generation outsourcing This note looks at the issues that the parties involved in a second or subsequent-generation outsourcing transaction need to consider, including in relation to the re-tendering exercise, the outsourcing agreement, and transfer of services from one supplier to another. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 33 | TUPE (1): when does TUPE apply? A note considering the circumstances in which the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) apply. In particular, the note deals with standard (business) transfers, service provision changes, cross-border transfers, public sector transfers and limiting the effect of TUPE. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 34 | TUPE (2): service provision changes and outsourcing This note considers the employment law issues that should be considered in relation to an outsourcing and considers cases decided under the service provision change provisions of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 35 | TUPE and tendering local authority service contracts This practice note sets out the actions a local authority should take during the procurement process where the new contract involves a transfer of staff under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/246) (TUPE). | Practice notes | Maintained |