69EExamples of contracting in, contracting out, and subsequent contracting

1. This section contains examples of contracting in, contracting out, and subsequent contracting.

2. Whether, in the following examples, an employee comes within the protection provided by this subpart depends on whether section 69F applies to the employee.

3. This subsection sets out examples of contracting in.

   Example A

   A rest home carries on business in the age-related residential care sector. Instead of providing food catering services through its employees, it enters into an agreement with an independent contractor to provide those services.

   The agreement under which the independent contractor provides those services to the rest home expires or is terminated.

   The rest home then uses its employees or engages further employees to provide those services.

   Employees of the independent contractor to whom section 69F applies may elect to transfer to the rest home.

   Example B

   The circumstances in this example are the same as in example A except that the independent contractor engages a subcontractor to provide food catering services to the rest home.

   As a result of the agreement between the rest home and the independent contractor expiring or being terminated, the agreement between the independent contractor and the subcontractor expires or is terminated.

   Employees of the subcontractor to whom section 69F applies may elect to transfer to the rest home.

   Note

   In both example A and example B, it does not matter whether the rest home's or the independent contractor's employees originally provided the food catering services or whether the work was contracted out or subcontracted at the outset.

   In example A and example B, the persons relate to the definition of contracting in as follows:

   • the rest home is person A:

   • the independent contractor is person B.

4. This subsection sets out examples of contracting out.

   Example C

   A school has employees who provide cleaning services.

   The school then enters into an agreement with an independent contractor to do that work or some of that work.

   The employees of the school to whom section 69F applies may elect to transfer to the independent contractor.

   Note

   Example C would not be a contracting out if, at the outset, the school does not have employees providing cleaning services.

   In example C, the persons relate to the definition of contracting out as follows:

   • the school is person A:

   • the independent contractor is person B.

   Example D

   The circumstances in this example are the same as in example C, except that later on the independent contractor decides that, instead of using its employees for the contract for the school, it will engage a subcontractor to do the work or some of the work.

   Employees of the independent contractor to whom section 69F applies may elect to transfer to the subcontractor.

   Note

   In example D, the persons relate to the definition of contracting out as follows:

   • the independent contractor is person A:

   • the subcontractor is person B.

   Note

   In example C and example D if, at the outset, the independent contractor did not have employees providing cleaning services, but subcontracts the work straight away, then the employees to whom section 69F applies may elect to transfer to the subcontractor.

5. This subsection sets out examples of subsequent contracting.

   Example E

   An airport operator enters into an agreement with an independent contractor to provide food catering services at the airport.

   Some time later, the agreement under which the independent contractor provides those services expires or is terminated.

   The airport operator then enters into an agreement with a second independent contractor to provide food catering services at the airport.

   Employees of the first independent contractor to whom section 69F applies may elect to transfer to the second independent contractor.

   Note

   In example E, it does not matter whether the agreement between the airport operator and the first independent contractor constitutes a contracting out.

   In example E, the persons relate to the definition of subsequent contracting as follows:

   • the airport operator is person A:

   • the first independent contractor is person B:

   • the second independent contractor is person C.

   Example F

   The circumstances in this example are the same as in example E, except that the first independent contractor engages a subcontractor to do the work or some of the work.

   Later on, the agreement under which the subcontractor provides the work expires or is terminated and the first independent contractor engages a second subcontractor to provide food catering services at the airport.

   The employees of the first subcontractor to whom section 69F applies may elect to transfer to the second subcontractor.

   Note

   In example F, the subsequent contracting occurs at the subcontracting level.

   In example F, the persons relate to the definition of subsequent contracting as follows:

   • the independent contractor is person A:

   • the first subcontractor is person B:

   • the second subcontractor is person C.