Employment Notes

UK: TUPE - pre-transfer beneficial changes to terms are void

UK: TUPE - ECJ rules that employee contract can be split between multiple separate transferees

UK: first instance tribunal decision that 'workers' covered by TUPE

UK: dismissal for personal reason on occasion of TUPE transfer automatically unfair

Asia Comparative Article: Transfer of Business/Undertaking

This month in our comparative table here, we consider the legal obligations on employers considering a transfer of business/undertaking, focussing …

Asia Comparative Article: Transfer of Business/Undertaking

This month in our comparative table here, we consider the legal obligations on employers considering a transfer of business/undertaking, focussing …

Thailand: Proposed Amendments to the Labour Protection Act

On 21 September 2018, the Minister of Labour announced the National Legislative Assembly's ("NLA") in principle approval of the draft amendment ("Draft …

UK: HMRC update on national minimum wage liabilities following a TUPE transfer

HMRC has issued an update confirming that, with effect from 2 July 2018, where there has been a TUPE transfer of employees, all national minimum …

Singapore: Amendments to the Singapore Employment Act

Following a public consultation on the review of the Singapore Employment Act (the "EA"), the Ministry of Manpower ("MOM") announced on 5 March 2018 that …

France: Important new decision in relation to the automatic transfer of employees

The French Supreme Court has recently issued an important new decision relating to the automatic transfer of employees in the case of asset transfers …

Updated HSF multi-jurisdictional guide to employee issues in business transfers

Employment law issues rarely determine the strategy for a multi-jurisdictional business acquisition, but they can certainly give rise to significant …

UK: TUPE can apply to part of service split along functional lines

The EAT has confirmed that, where a service being provided by a transferor is split along functional lines, with two separate activities carried out by …