2.A.5.  Employment Costs

The Authority has supplied to the Contractor the information, as at the date of this Contract contained in Appendix 1 to this Schedule 20 (the "First Employee List") regarding the identity, number, age, sex, length of service, job title, grade and terms and conditions of employment of, and other matters129 affecting each of those employees of the Authority and of any sub-contractor of the Authority who it is expected, if they remain in the employment of the Authority or of any relevant sub-contractor of the Authority as the case may be until immediately before the Service Transfer Date, would be Relevant Employees, but the Authority gives no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of this information.130

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129  The list would normally show:

1.  Staff ref no

2.  DoB

3.  Age

4.  Job Title

5.  Start Date

6.  Continuous Service Date - length of reckonable service

7.  Contracted hours

8.  Sex (M/F)

9.  Site

130  The information provided by the Authority prior to financial close is almost certain to be inaccurate by the time Service Transfer occurs, if only because there are likely to be changes to the workforce in the meantime, for example because of staff turnover. The document does not, therefore, focus on the giving of warranties in support of the information given. Authorities should however allow that the Contractor's price can be adjusted in a way which reflects the differences between the information about the Authority's workforce given to the Contractor when its bid was priced (this can be adjusted prior to financial close to reflect up to date information) and the actual workforce which the Contractor inherits