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UK: TUPE - changes to terms against background of redundancies not for ETO reason
The fact that a harmonisation of employment terms takes place against a backdrop of possible redundancies does not necessarily mean that the employer can …
UK: TUPE - some employees may be excluded from transfer of single client service
Some employees may be left behind with a transferor contractor when a service is taken back in house by a client, even if the contractor only provided …
UK: Employment law reform- collective redundancy consultation
The government is consulting until 19 September on proposals aimed at "revitalising" the collective redundancy rules. The key suggested reform is to …
UK: TUPE - no service provision change where change of client
The EAT has followed its earlier decision in Hunter that there can be no service provision change under TUPE if there has been a change in the identity …
UK: Joint liability - tribunals cannot apportion liability
The EAT has ruled that employment tribunals do not have jurisdiction to apportion liability between respondents to a discrimination claim. The same would …
UK: TUPE - case law development on the transfer of early retirement benefits
The High Court has clarified the extent to which liabilities for early retirement benefits transfer to a buyer of a business under TUPE. See our Pensions …
UK: TUPE - meaning of organised groupings and ETOs
The EAT has confirmed that, where a client transfers its work to a new contractor, there will not be a service provision change under TUPE simply …
UK: TUPE - payments for loss of pension rights should be separated out from payments to continue in employment
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that payments to employees on a TUPE transfer made partly to compensate for the loss of pension rights and partly as an …
UK: Pre-transfer dismissal can be transfer-connected even where no transferee identified at time
The Court of Appeal has resolved conflicting EAT decisions and ruled that a dismissal can be "transfer-connected" even if the transferor has yet to …
UK: TUPE will always apply to transfer the employees of a business sold while in administration
The Court of Appeal has upheld the EAT’s ruling that administrations are never to be viewed as “instituted with a view to liquidation”, even if it is …
UK: No service provision change under TUPE where client changes
The EAT has ruled for the first time that the service provision change provisions of TUPE cannot apply where the client to whom services are being …
UK: Employment law reforms - April 2012 government plans confirmed, new proposals and calls for evidence
The last month has seen a raft of government proposals for changes to employment laws. Details were included in a speech made by the Business …
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