SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Competition
PERSONNEL SERVICES
F115
1
Provision of the following services (and only the following) falls within section 2(2)(n) above—
a
personnel advice to any of the following, namely —
i
a defined authority or its elected members;
ii
any committee or sub-committee of a defined authority, or any other group of persons which reports to such an authority, committee or sub-committee; and
iii
any officer or department of a defined authority;
b
personnel advice to any other person in relation to the discharge of any functions of a defined authority;
c
conducting organisational and method studies and work studies including, in particular, conducting management service reviews and preparing business plans;
d
human resource management including, in particular, recruitment, monitoring, assessment and appraisal;
e
personnel research;
f
developing and maintaining statistical and managerial information systems:
g
subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, training a defined authority’s employees including, in particular, arranging, monitoring and evaluating training and development programmes;
h
developing and maintaining employee relations policies, practices and procedures;
i
personnel work in connection with any of the following, namely
i
pay and other employee benefits including, in particular, superannuation benefits;
ii
terms and conditions of employment;
iii
health and safety policies and procedures;
iv
employee welfare policies and procedures including, in particular, occupational health services; and
v
redundancy arrangements and agreements;
j
procuring, monitoring or supervising any services which fall within paragraphs (a) to (i) above and are provided for a defined authority by any person.
2
The activities described in sub-paragraph (1)(g) above do not fall within section 2(2)(n) above where they relate to—
a
the ordinary supervision of trainees or other employees; or
b
the training of fire-fighting members of fire brigades.