Direct Payments Care Planning

In the case of Smith v South Lanarkshire Council, the applicant for a remedy from an employment tribunal had made complaints of sex discrimination and breach of contract.  According to her written contract of employment, her employers were the first and second respondents (ie the individual social services clients for whom she had acted as […]

Are there any special considerations regarding TUPE in the field of social care?   Contracting and Commissioning officers, in conjunction with in-house legal teams, may often be asked to consider the extent to which TUPE would apply to various proposals to re-organise the provision of social care in line with Best Value. This task is