TUPE Or Not TUPE? Key Issues For Businesses

The TUPE Regulations (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations) were brought in to protect employees of any business which changes hands and where the services provided by employees of one employer are transferred to another employer. We take a look at the key implications of TUPE such as when does TUPE apply?, provision of employee liability information, informing and consulting with staff, changes to terms and conditions, dismissals and other obligations for employers.

More often than not, there will be employment law aspects to any business reorganisation.   Employees have long been protected from dismissal or detriment where there is a transfer of business or services from one organisation to another.  The protection stems from the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)