The company I work for is being taken over. What are my rights?
As an employee, it can be very unsettling when the company you work for is part of a take-over. But what should you do if your company is involved in a change of ownership, and your employment will potentially be… Read on
£65,500 penalty under TUPE
A tribunal has ordered a vet service to pay penalty compensation of £500 for each of its 131 employees on losing its contract with the Food Standards Agency. In the case of Eville & Jones v. Grants Veterinary Services,… Read on
Clarity on TUPE service provision rules where client changes
Can TUPE apply when there is a change of client before and after the transfer? The recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (‘EAT’) decision in Horizon Security Services Limited v Ndeze has endorsed the principle that there is no service provision change… Read on
Dramatic overhaul of TUPE proposed
Employers will welcome the proposals for new, less burdensome rules relating to staff on a transfer of business, due to become effective mid-January 2014. The measures are currently only proposals, but we report on them now because they are potentially… Read on
Changes to TUPE – Government decides to keep rules on ‘Service Provision Changes’
A recent government consultation exercise suggested that the Government planned to remove provisions within the Transfer of Undertakings regulations which confirmed that ‘TUPE’ protection rights did apply in a contracting situation. However following consultation, it has been decided that the… Read on
Getting a business ready for sale: Unfair dismissal
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that it will be unlawful to dismiss an employee simply to make a business more attractive for a purchaser, even when no purchaser has been identified. In this case, Spaceright Europe Ltd had dismissed… Read on