TUPE Advice and Guidance

Buying a business might involve inheriting the business workforce and deciding what will happen to the employees needs careful thought.

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TUPE and Business Transfers

Buying a business may involve inheriting the business workforce and deciding what will happen to the employees and how they will integrate with your existing operations needs careful thought.

Understanding when and how TUPE applies and what the employer’s obligations are so important. TUPE makes consultation with the employees a key part of the process. It is not only employees of that the business being sold that must be consulted but also the employees of the buying business too if they will be affected.

TUPE does just not apply to business sales. It also might apply when one business wins a contract or piece of work from another business. The business winning the work may be obliged to take the employees from the other business which was previously carrying out that work.

Much depends upon the facts of each case and if you have concerns about a TUPE transfer, please get in touch.

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    Frequently asked questions

    Q: Do I have to take an on existing employees on the same terms and conditions under which they are currently employed?

    A: in short yes but there are ways to consult on changes and agree them within a short period of time and still avoid a claim.

    A: in short yes but there are ways to consult on changes and agree them within a short period of time and still avoid a claim.

    Q: As the new employer must I consult with the transferring employee before the transfer?

    Q: As the new employer must I consult with the transferring employee before the transfer?

    A: no but you must provide the outgoing employer with sufficient information about any proposed changes (or not) by providing a ‘measures’ letter which he should notify to the transferring employees as part of the pre-transfer consultation process.

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