32.7  Employment Costs

The Authority has supplied to the Service Provider the information, as at the date of this Contract, which is contained in 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 matters31 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 a sub-contractor of the Authority (as the case may be) until immediately before the Service Commencement Date, would be Relevant Employees but the Authority gives no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of this information.32

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31  The list would normally show:

1.  Staff Reference Number
2.  Date of Birth
3.  Age
4.  Job Title
5.  Start Date
6.  Continuous Service Date
7.  Contracted Hours
8.  Gender
9.  Site
10.  Department
11.  NI letter (A or D)
12.  Scale and Point
13.  Salary
14.  Superannuation (including type of Scheme, contribution rates, length of reckonable pensionable service etc)
15.  Allowance/deduction code.

N.B. This is not necessarily an exhaustive list

32  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 Service Provider's price can be adjusted in a way which reflects the differences between the information about the Authority's workforce given to the Service Provider 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 Service Provider inherits.