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Today I am publishing the new code of practice on workforce matters, commonly known as the ‘Two\-Tier Code’. This reflects our commitment to public services and the public service workforce and our desire to support a fair deal for the workforce. This has been published on the Welsh Government website and is available below:


The Two\-Tier Workforce Code aims to ensure where public services are outsourced to a third party:


 


* staff will transfer and TUPE will apply and if TUPE does not strictly apply, the principles of TUPE should be followed; and
* new recruits to the service provider undertaking work on the contract would be employed on Terms and Conditions no less favourable than transferred staff.


The new Code is based closely on the existing Codes, with the content being based on the fair treatment of transferring staff and the treatment of staff working alongside transferred staff. The content has been modified to:


* cover a broader range of bodies in a single Code, with the Code being applied by a relevant statutory Authority to each body;
* provide strengthened monitoring and reporting arrangements of use of the Code;
* clarify particular aspects (for example, in respect of new joiners); and
* reflect the changed legislative position on pensions, particularly auto\-enrolment introduced by the Pensions Act 2008 and the revised Fair Deal.


To support public bodies to apply the Code provisions in contracts, we have also published a Procurement Advice Note and model contract terms. These will provide a useful starting point to enable public bodies to apply the Code provisions in contracts, which could be tailored to suit local needs if necessary.


 


I am very clear we should seek to avoid a Two\-Tier Workforce. A strongly engaged, motivated and harmonised workforce is more productive, capable of producing better work and less distracted by a range of issues associated with inequalities and disparities in Terms and Conditions.


I am also publishing the Summary of Responses to the consultation document ‘The Public Service Workforce: Consultation on Draft Guidance and Directions which include a Code of Practice on Workforce Matters’ which was published on 26 September 2013\. Views were invited on the proposals as part of a 12 week consultation exercise which ended on 20 December 2013\.


 







Translation:


 
Heddiw rwy'n cyhoeddi'r cod ymarfer newydd ar faterion y gweithlu, a elwir y ‘Cod Dwy Haen’ fel arfer.  Mae hyn yn adlewyrchu'n hymrwymiad i wasanaethau cyhoeddus a'r gweithlu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus, a'n dymuniad i sicrhau bargen deg i'r gweithlu. Mae wedi cael ei gyhoeddi ar wefan Llywodraeth Cymru ac mae ar gael isod:

Nod y Cod Gweithlu Dwy Haen yw sicrhau lle caiff gwasanaethau cyhoeddus eu rhoi ar gontract allanol i drydydd parti:

* bydd staff yn trosglwyddo a bydd TUPE yn berthnasol, neu dylid dilyn egwyddorion TUPE os nad yw'n union berthnasol;
* byddai recriwtiaid newydd i'r darparwr gwasanaeth sy'n gwneud gwaith ar y contract yn cael eu cyflogi ar Delerau ac Amodau nad ydynt yn llai ffafriol na rhai staff sy'n cael eu trosglwyddo.

Mae'r Cod newydd wedi'i seilio'n agos ar y Codau presennol, ac mae'r cynnwys yn seiliedig ar roi triniaeth deg i staff a drosglwyddwyd a sut i drin staff sy'n gweithio ochr yn ochr â staff a drosglwyddwyd. Addaswyd y cynnwys i:  
* sicrhau bod yr un Cod hwn yn berthnasol i amrywiaeth ehangach o gyrff, gydag Awdurdod statudol pob corff yn gyfrifol am ei gymhwyso
* atgyfnerthu'r trefniadau monitro ac adrodd o ran defnyddio'r Cod;
* egluro agweddau penodol (o ran ymunwyr newydd, er enghraifft);
* adlewyrchu'r ddeddfwriaeth newydd ar bensiynau, yn enwedig y broses o gofrestru awtomatig a gyflwynwyd gan Ddeddf Pensiynau 2008 a'r Fargen Deg ddiwygiedig.

Er mwyn helpu cyrff cyhoeddus i gymhwyso darpariaethau'r Cod mewn contractau, rydym hefyd wedi cyhoeddi Nodyn Cyngor Caffael a model o delerau contract. Bydd hyn yn fan cychwyn o ran galluogi cyrff cyhoeddus i gymhwyso darpariaethau'r Cod mewn contractau, a allai gael eu haddasu i weddu i anghenion lleol os bydd angen.

Mae'n eglur iawn imi y dylem geisio osgoi Gweithlu Dwy Haen. Mae gweithlu hynod frwdfrydig ac unedig sy'n ymddiddori yn eu gwaith yn fwy cynhyrchiol, yn gallu cynhyrchu gwaith o well safon ac yn llai tebygol o roi sylw i amrywiaeth o faterion sy'n gysylltiedig ag anghydraddoldebau a gwahaniaethau o ran Telerau ac Amodau.

Rwyf hefyd yn cyhoeddi'r Crynodeb o Ymatebion i'r ddogfen ymgynghori  ‘Gweithlu'r Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus: Ymgynghoriad ar Ganllawiau a Chyfarwyddiadau drafft ynghyd â Chod Ymarfer ar Faterion y Gweithlu’, a gyhoeddwyd ar 26 Medi 2013\. Gwahoddwyd safbwyntiau ar y cynigion fel rhan o ymgynghoriad 12 wythnos a ddaeth i ben ar 20 Rhagfyr 2013\.