Workers' Rights To ask the Scottish Executive whether public sector workers' wages, conditions and pension rights will be fully protected under any private finance initiative or public-private partnership transfers to the private sector. (S1O-5388) The rights of staff transferring from the public to the private sector in PFI or PPP schemes are protected by the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations—TUPE—which stipulate that, in the event of a transfer of an undertaking, the employees transfer with their existing terms and conditions intact.