TUPE And Changes In Work Location: This Bus Terminates Here!

As many of you may know, there is a North-South divide in London, i.e. North or South of the River Thames. Whilst there is still a debate as to where it is better to live (clearly it's the South, or, as the natives call it, the 'Souwf'), where it is better to work has, in a sense, been recently determined in the case of Abellio London Ltd v Musse. The case concerned a 6 mile change to a place of work for some bus drivers from north to south of the river following a TUPE transfer and whether this change entitled the affected staff to resign.

The Claimants in this case were bus drivers on the 414 bus route. They were based at a North West London depot. In their contracts of employment there was a right to move them to any of their employer's work locations as defined in their contracts. The Claimants were informed by their then employer that the contract with Transport for London to run the 414 route would transfer to Abellio London Ltd and would be operated