The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (‘AWR’) came into force on 1 October 2011. The purpose of the AWR is to apply the principle of equal treatment. It does not affect employment status and so normal provisions in determining employee status...
Despite the grand claims, all the consolidation prososals will do is change a few definitions of existing legislation. Prime Minister David Cameron claimed proposals in the new co-operation bill would "build a fairer economy" To read the full...
It may feel like the whole country is geared up in anticipation of the Olympic games, but what are the HR consequences? Councils across the country - not just in London - should put their plans in place now, says Gemma Brown. To read the full...
Preliminary Responses from voluntary organisations on current TUPE consultation call for better leadership and effective sanctions. Gemma Brown of TPP Law and Fiona Sheil of NCVO comment.. To read the full article click here For more...
The Education Act 2011 received Royal Assent on 15 November 2011. The act is an important step in implementing the Government's education reform programme to help create an education system that delivers higher standards for all children. View our...
The £2.2 billion Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) was announced by Michael Gove in July 2011. Announcement of the successful applicants, originally expected in December 2011, has been postponed to "early 2012" while assessment of the...
As part of the Treasury's Autumn Statement, the Government announced that it will be providing the Department of Education with an extra £1.2 billion in funding. This extra funding will be split across two areas. To read the full artice click ...
Staffing costs are invariably the largest expense in an organisation, so it is important to have the right structure in place to optimise value for money by the most appropriate arrangements to obtain human resources. We explore the variety of options...
On 9 November 2011, DfE launched a consultation which will run until 18 January 2012 on proposed regulations to allow local authority land to be transferred more quickly when a maintained school becomes an academy. To read the full artice click here For...
Specialist public services law firm TPP Law is enhancing its range of high quality services with the appointment of employment law specialist, Gemma Brown. Gemma joins after four years working as an employment lawyer with Abbey Protection Group Plc. ...
Peter Hill considers major reform of the social care funding system recommended by the Dilnot Report and recent changes to the planning system to help speed up delivery of new pupil places in schools. To read the full artice click here For more...
In some areas, newly-launched academies are now banding together to improve their purchasing power so that they can replicate the “muscle” the LA had previously in purchasing products and services at good rates.Great idea, but what are the...
Public services law firm, TPP Law, has boosted its specialist capability with the appointment of Commercial and Projects specialist, Simon Chappel, as Director. Simon joins after seven years with Wragge & Co. Simon has wide experience advising...
The Community Right to Challenge is taking shape with the passage of the Localism Bill through Parliament. Mark Johnson analyses the key elements of the Scheme. The Localism Act received Royal Assent on 15 November 2011. One of the most...
Following the demise of Building Schools for the Future programme in July 2010, the Department for Education launched a new privately financed programme to provide school facilities in July 2011. The Priority School Building Programme is intended to...
Mark Johnson examines the impact of the controversial Health & Social Care Bill on charities and social enterprises. In the biggest shake-up of the NHS since its inception, 151 primary care trusts (PCTs) and 10 strategic health authorities will go and...
Is fear of failure holding back public service mutuals and spin-outs? There needs to be an acceptance of risk if a truly vibrant marketplace is to be created, argues Mark Johnson, managing director of TPP Law A vibrant and diverse economy of...
Mark is quoted in Partnerships Bulletin on Public Service Mutuals. Mutuals and co-operatives are flavour of the month at the Cabinet Office. Paul Jarvis asks how traditional players can get into bed with the new organisations that are emerging. To...
TPP Law has been shortlisted for the prestigious Legal Advisor of the Year award at the Education Investor Awards 2011 which take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 17 November. In a year of momentous system reform in public...
On 11 July 2011 the Government published its plans for public service reform in the long-awaited White Paper, 'Open Public Services'. View TPP Law's summary and analysis of the White Paper here... For further information, please...
On 6 April TPP's Managing Director, Mark Johnson, was a guest speaker at this one day event organised and hosted by Neil Stewart Associates. The event was one in a series of events focusing on mutuals, spinning-out and social enterprise. Since the...
This morning saw the launch of the Transition Institute, a new organisation set up to support public services in making the transition to new delivery models, such as employee-led mutuals and social enterprises. The institute is the brainchild of Social...
The outcome of the James Review has now been published. Peter Hill comments on the review and full details of this can be read here . Details of the official press release can be read here . For further information, please contact Peter...
NHS and care services staff wanting to establish independent John Lewis-style organisations to run the services they deliver have been given new ‘how-to’ guidance by the Department of Health. In a statement the DH said: “The...
TPP Law client Toby Young has become the first sponsor to gain approval to launch a free school in West London. The parent-led West London Free School - set up by the writer Toby Young - is the first to sign what is known as a funding agreement, or contract,...
