For UK employers and their advisers, the changes to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 (TUPE), to be introduced in 2006, have been eagerly awaited. These changes follow extensive consultation and will usher in a new regime to govern the rights of employees on a takeover or merger of the business which employs them. This book provides a guide to the changes, first setting them in the context of the existing TUPE protections. The book explores the practical issues and some of the controversies that have developed due to the changes. TUPE examines the impact...

After the revised Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) were introduced in April 2006, UK employers and their advisers have been grappling with the consequences for terms and conditions of employment, pensions provision, and insolvencies. Since the second edition of this book was published, the UK's courts have continued to see clarification of the position of TUPE in relation to insolvency. Further, there have been clarifications of what is meant by "service provision change." To that end, this third edition encapsulates these changes and many others caused...

In the UK, a cascade of Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations/TUPE cases - notably and centrally upon the service provision change, as well as the subsequent enactment of the Collective Redundancies and the TUPE (Amendment) Regulations 2013 by the UK government - have made necessary this fourth edition of TUPE: Law & Practice. The new 2013 Amendment Regulations, in force from January 2014, are intended to clarify the issues raised by recent cases and also to reduce the burdens on employers of small enterprises in the UK. This guide provides analysis of: the scope to...